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I would hope something "designed" to go on a bike's handlebars will be tougher than that! A 5" screen phone thats only a few mm thick won't stand much flexing, and I've had one touchscreen phone that got a small crack despite being in its supplied case in my pocket that rendered it useless  In fact, maybe the very fact that a stand alone gps isn't carried round as a phone makes it less open to being damaged?"
Well I have found Garmin to be sturdy as much as any small hand held devise. I did have a bad experience with their female end of USB going bad,, due to the shake of the bike. Their pricing,,,after service ,, and their software is so so 90s,, As far as smart phone's durability ,, take a look at this demo.
Crash test iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S II - YouTube
Now Galaxy s3 will have OLED flexible screen ,,made by a company founded with Princeton University research team ,,
Universal Display Corporation
They use organic light emanating biological forms,, and can be bent ,, made thin ,, can go on any surface ,, even fold ,, and the new S3 body is curved as well?
New s3 will definitely launch in London ,, just before the Olymics as Sam Sung is one of the largest sponsors.
"I'd totally agree with the need for a speedy "high sensitivity receiver" unit too. Stationary, and able to stop at a junction of doubt then maybe not. Otherwise, throw in a few trees or tall buildings with heavy traffic and your blood pressure will rise if it won't keep up with what you're doing! How good a smart phone is in that respect though I don't know though?"
In Korea ,, we get free almost full package of I-Navi ,, it gives you turn by turn with a lovely human voice (not machine generated) ,, I have found ,, using this program ,, no difference between my dedicated navi system in the car. And yes we have many high rises here,, it also works over water ,, when I go sailing my small boat ,, I use it.
"Can you for instance download all of the UK, France, Spain and Morocco road maps to a smart phone, as well as having Olaf ready to go on arrival? An old Garmin I had you needed to select only map tiles that covered your route which was really annoying, and I don't want to do that again!"
You can indeed download ,, for offline NAVIGATION purposes ,, Timbuktoo to Machu Pichu ,, go here ,,
Vector Maps 4 Locus
For online ,, you got Google, which is my favourite ,, then 8 more choices ,, " using
http://www.locusmap.eu/
"As for not needing a paper map? Good gracious me, surely not?!? 
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You know ,, when I did USA and Europe last year,, I did carry a bunch of maps ,, expensive,, big ,, terrible to fold flapping, tearing ,,, becoming more and more bulky.,,After leaving LA ,,, some where in Oklahoma ,, I threw them all away. Try this offline map that gives you the sense of where everything goes ,,
True offline maps for your Android - unplugged ! | MapDroyd
All free of course...
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