Hi Ed, Is this the Galaxy Y? http://www.keywordspeak.com/2011/10/samsung-galaxy-y-review-price.html Yeah its cheaper. What about the battery time with gps tarcking enabled?
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Ed Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We have tested our Galaxy Y on one of our waypoint trips and it basically > delivered all the requirements below nicely. Track accuracy and resolution > (using My Tracks) was impressive. Camera shots were of acceptable quality > (you wont hate it but it is not a wow either). Geotagging photos by GPS > Essentials or by the native camera app was easy to use. > > I like the fact that you can (if you have 3G or wifi) you can send all your > data almost immediately by gmail to whoever needs it. > > Plus ... the Galaxy Y is even cheaper than the Cherry Mobile! > > ed > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Jim Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> maning sambale wrote, On Wednesday, 18 January, 2012 03:42 PM: >> > - data logger and digital cam - photos can be synchronized with gps >> > tracks, has long battery life suitable for long fieldwork >> >> I believe all you have to do is make sure that the camera time and date is >> set accurately and you can use the captured time and date of the photo to >> associate it with the GPX file. >> >> > - a cheap droid phone - all in one device for fieldnotes, >> > phototagging and gps tracklogging, limited battery life. Jim >> > mentioned a while ago Cherry mobile cosmo [0]. @Jim, based on your >> > experience, do still suggest we look at this phone? >> >> The camera is not so good (wasn't really expecting it to be in fact), so >> it would only be good for shots in daylight, and when the detail wasn't >> imperative. Battery life might be an issue, so you'd need to pack an >> external power source or have a method of recharging. But yes, its still >> working as advertised, and does anything Android will let it do. >> >> Finding one app to do everything would be tricky, so it might be a bit >> fiddly switching between mapping and photo app. >> >> Jim >> -- >> >> datalude: information security >> e: [email protected] >> Philippines: +63 2 403 1311 / mob: +63 917 849 3939 >> Hong Kong: +852 6489 4132 >> w: http://www.datalude.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > > > -- > website administrator: > - www.waypoints.ph > - reeflife.eppgarcia.com > > PADI Divemaster #491048 > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
