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Yo /g/
What tech/gadgets do you own that has substantially improved your life, or just made it better to live?
Better is subjective, so have at it.
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Motorized/adjustable desk
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>>51276243
Car, because it sucks living in my city without one.
Smartphone, because it allows me to make sales even when I'm out.
>>51276243
GPS.
Such a relief not having to read directions off a paper. Also provides alternative routes in case of an accident/heavy traffic.
i cannot drive without one anymore
Android launchers.
- GPS because I've never had to use a physical map
- Roomba robot things because vacuuming is annoying
- Kindle because physical books are cumbersome
>>51276380
holy shit anon these are magnificent
OPO
>GPS
>Botnet song recognition
>remote desktop to PC
>stream video from home server
>replaced flashlight
>emulators when bored
>digital coupon botnet at grocery that knows what i like to buy so i can ignore paper ad
>weather
>replaced mp3 player
>barcode price checker
>alarm
>replaced my USB drive since android allows USB mass media storage
>never actually use the phone function
>>51276618
you can make phone calls on an android PDA?
>>51276618
>>GPS
I don't have a smartphone, so excuse me if this is a dumb question, but is GPS in phones an Internet thing (like for example it won't work without a data plan), or it's worls like an actual GPS navigator like pic related?
>>51277479
Windows Phone 8.1 user here.
You can download any map from a wireless for free and you need no internet while in trafic.
It works like a normal GPS but if you have internet you can see the trafic density too.
Windows Phones come with the app already installed.
>>51277479
there's options for both
there's things like google maps, which uses cell data/wifi to retrive part of the maps, and to get directions (from googles' servers)
then there's programs like OSMAnd, which support "online" maps as well as "offline" maps, where you can download entire regions onto your phone/sd card and have it calculate directions on the phone itself, allowing full offline use just like a "dedicated" gpu unit as your pictured
i personally use OSMAnd, since i can't afford the data otherwise, plus i don't need a cell signal to use it
rice cooker
>>51277496
s/gpu/gps/
>>51277494
>>51277496
Oh, so it actually has dedicated hardware for GPS?
>>51277504
yes, most phones have an actual gps receiver in them
>>51277504
Windows Phone guy here.
Yes it has hardware for both GPS and GLONASS
>>51277532
>>51277536
Oh, I see, thank you very much guys.
>>51277543
Don't forget to buy a car charger, battery gets low quick when using GPS, especially on Android.
>>51277551
I won't, thank you.
>>51276243
a 15" macbook pro with retina display i received as a gift
>>51277551
gps isn't usually too power hungry, it's the animated map and constant/bright screen time that drains it
>>51277574
>gps isn't usually too power hungry
that's true, there are some very very low power GPS receivers that can also be used for micro controller things (Arduino, etc.), which also support sleep states for when you don't need constant GPS reception for hours. older receivers however...
