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Old 12-30-2011, 06:55 PM
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Ok; for 2012 I'm treating myself to a smart phone (iphone4). I know there are lots of other models out there, but my kids have iphones, so I can get help or instructions from them anytime I'm stumped with my phone.

Neither of them are into boating or fishing so my question to this community is what apps should I look into buying that would be benificial.

I've seen some fishermen with weather on their phone that shows up to date radar. Is this a purchased app?

Can I get Navionics on the phone? Is this worth it?

What do you have and what ones do you use most often.

Feel free to jump in and tell me what built in apps the iphone has that are useful as well.

I get the new phone on Tuesday.

Can I get a pair of fishing suspenders for it.

My old phone is carried on the hip like a nerd from the 1990's. I guess it replaced the "pocket protector" nerd from high school. How or where do you carry phone to keep it handy, yet safe from falling in the water?

That's enough for now,
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Nobody uses their phone apps on the water?
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Marty, It has a great app for researching nursing homes.You can pick one that caters to old fishermen and tell stories all day long. I just got a GzOne so I can't help you but I have seen radar on one. Happy New Year............Gary
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Marty I have an iphone too but havent gotten into the apps much. I did put a radar app on there thats not bad for for basic weather.....and it was free.

The nice thing about iphone apps is that people are brutally honest about reviewing them so you can really tell what youre getting.

Oh, while the free apps can be nice, its often well worth it to pay the few dollars for the better apps.
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Wish I could bring up the scene from JAWS when Quint was giving Hooper holy sh*t for bringing a shark cage on the boat.


All these wild electronics / smart phones - unreal what they can do.

The Dunkin' Donut locater app - now that is worth it
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Wish I could bring up the scene from JAWS when Quint was giving Hooper holy sh*t for bringing a shark cage on the boat.


All these wild electronics / smart phones - unreal what they can do.

The Dunkin' Donut locater app - now that is worth it
Funny....I was laid up for a couple of days and they were running the Jaws marathon on Spike tv. I know the scene well now,

I never used to be a fan of smartphones...I like simple stuff that works. The first few "smart" phones that my company issued me were complete duds and always had to be rebooted at the worst times. So far, this iphone has been great.

Marty let me know if you find any really kick ass apps for it. I forgot to mention that there's a nice tide app available.
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