top apps for motorcyclists

[Stuart123456789]

www.booking.com

nice little app

hassle free hotel booking....

booking dot com are not always the cheapest, I booked a hotel in france last tuesday it was cheaper to book direct, cheers

[Ali in Austria]

Most Booking Sites charge property owners a commission and this can be reflected in the difference in the rate between Online and booking direct.

Handy App when traveling is www.bestbikingroads.com.

[johnzxr750]

abr ebay facebook map my run before that sportstracker (till last update wwanting to charge me for everything)

[Nickw909]

+1 for OSMand+
Wikiloc - find trails.
Ebookdroid - viewing pdf files.
Word lens - on the fly translation.
Duolingo - learn another language.
Expense Manager - track your costs.
Airbnb - Book cheap accommodation.
Whatsapp - keep in touch with home.
Rain Alarm - Check if going to get wet.
Camscanner - scan documents and save as pdf.

[Africa John]

what phone(s) do you guys use?

am looking to get a smartphone but the iphone 3GS I've been offered for free won't use any Apple OS higher than 6.1.6 and so can't use the GoPro or Facebook apps so that's a dead end

[Nickw909]

I have Samsung Galaxy S4, had the S3 before. Great phones.
The S5 is also waterproof.

Nick

[APD_660Ten]

S4 user here. As mentioned the S5 is waterproof.

You'll find problems with the older Apple iphones the 3 as you say doesn't use the latest OS and apps are slowly stopping working on them.

Cheap second hand options...
HTC sensation, htc one, Galaxy s3.

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[Africa John]

seems like I can get an S4 for £18/mth on a 24 month contract

looks like I might be dragged kicking and screaming into smartphoneland after all !

[bowber]

Have a look at the windows phones John, you can get some good deals. I'm not sure about the app situation though.

I use Viewranger all the time, walking, trail riding and just normal road riding.
My wife has Tripadvisor to check for eateries local to where we're stopping, found us a cracking restaurant in the black forest in May just up the road from the campsite.

Steve

[APD_660Ten]

The windows phones are great but there isn't the same range of apps...yet.

I don't think viewranger is available or memormap. Gopro is now available but you need to make sure its a windows phone 8.

If you do use a windows phone check out NaviComputer as an offline mapping app.

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