After spending a sometimes large amount of money on your smartphone, you do not want to have to let it sit and collect dust when you move on to something else. However, there were not many uses for a retired smartphone- until now.
With older versions of the cell phone, you had to trade them in, or donate them, if you didn’t want to start a collection. With the newer versions, they are capable of doing more. Therefore, they can come in quite handy when you are no longer using them on a cellular plan.
One use for such a smartphone would be a GPS Navigator. By using an old smartphone, you save yourself the trouble of running your operating phone out of battery. You can keep your current phone charged while using your old phone to navigate with. You can download a GPS app that stores the maps for use. TomTom for iPhone, iPhone and CoPilot for Android all have apps that don’t need WiFi for operation. If you need the windshield mount, these can be found on eBay. (more…)