Comments on: Traveling Abroad with the iPhone

By: Scott Selikoff

Scott Selikoff — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 03:28:20 +0000

In reply to Kara. Other than taking a picture every where you go and relying on geo-tagging? Not really. The big problem is turning GPS on 24/7 will drain your battery life extremely fast.

By: Kara

Kara — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:48:46 +0000

Thanks for this – it’s close to what I’m looking to do, but rather than orient myself while I’m away, I want to track where I’ve been on vacation and then merge that with maps when I get back home. GPS Tracker from Instamapper almost fits the bill except that it doesn’t seem to store enough historical data. If your experiments have come up with any solution to that problem, I’d appreciate any info you have.

By: Jaylynn

Jaylynn — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:07:12 +0000

Thanks for the terrific advice. After several hours of internet research, I’d just about come to the same conclusion. To be absolutely sure that you will incur no hidden charges while roaming abroad with your iPhone, just pull the SIM card and the phone should then proceed to work just like an iPod touch, with GPS and wifi intact.

By: etuanlos

etuanlos — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:20:41 +0000

thanks for putting up this article. well done! i’ve been searching high n low for the solution prior to my travel soon…i’ll probably opt for solution #5:-) the best answer to my dilemma by far!

By: Jeanne Boyarsky

Jeanne Boyarsky — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:14:34 +0000

Nice. Much better than a paper/non-GPS map.