08-21-2014, 04:31 PM
(08-21-2014, 12:22 PM)OldF7Guy_imp Wrote: I am the last guy that needs to give advice on something like this so I wont. I will just tell you my story. I resisted also for a long long time an a smart phone. I have the Iphone 4 and it does everything I want it to do. I am living in the stone age as well. I like the navigation, weather, find stuff, no matter where you are at. I just learned how to text last year.
It is amazing what all these things are capable of that I dont even know about. I like the camera also. The only advice I can give you at all is to find somebody a lot younger than you like your kids or grand kids to help you. My nieces, nephews are all in their early 20s and have helped me out a ton.
I have been wanting to get some kind of system to where I can hear directions or answer the phone with some sort of speaker system you put in your helmet but I dont even know what its called.
Like someone said those apps use a lot of juice on the battery but I bought a couple of cords to hook to my battery tender pigtail that can charge my phone. I will try to post some pics later of it.
OlF7Guy, there are plenty of systems that allow you to do this. Look up Scala Rider and Sena to name but two. They give you a bluetooth system that connects to your phone, a controller that mounts to the outside of your helmet, speakers that stick to the inside of your helmet and a microphone. I don't have one, but I believe you can make and receive calls on them as well as listening to music or GPS instructions. You can also link up with other riders so you can chatter away on rides.
There are other solutions. Mine (thanks to Pterodactyl) is a set of Bose noise cancelling headphones which can be used in place of earplugs just to keep the noise out. They are truly amazing but expensive. I have them connected to my phone (which is also my GPS) via a little bluetooth gadget I bought and that allows me to hear the GPS instructions and music when I feel so inclined. It's not as neat as the bluetooth kits specifically for motorcycles, but my primary goal was noise reduction as well as hearing GPS instructions. The high fidelity music is a bonus.