Re: Garmin inReach and weather apps
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Hi Karina,
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with the mini/mini2 you can text directly from the device.
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The user interface to type in a customized text is obviously poor, with just 4 keys, but in case of emergency or with enough patience, it is possible.
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=6QHPoAkPk8Ae3k4323WjQ9
Otherwise just keep the SE.
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Henning
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PS: you know that you can use earthmate in flight mode of your phone, just Bluetooth has to be activated. I do not see a big increase in power consumption, especially when you may just activate it once in the evening?
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Gesendet:?Samstag, 11. M?rz 2023 um 17:24 Uhr
Von:?"Karina Bezkrovnaia via groups.io" <kbezkrovnaia@...>
An:?JMT@groups.io
Betreff:?[JMT-groups.io] Garmin inReach and weather apps
Greetings to beloved community,
Two questions for those familiar with - with Garmin discontinuing inReach SE and SE+ what options do we have in terms of texting directly within devise?
That was the whole purpose of me holding into my old SE. I do not feel great about needing frequent recharge both phone and Garmin. So never used Earthmate app on the trail and learned to do customized texts within inReach itself. One reason I would like to continue with this feature is because something can happen to the phone (they are not as sturdy now as Nokias ones were) and for that matter I had an accident on the trail with my phone falling into the stream and unusable for the rest of the trip. That means with new line of Garmin mini and messenger , just like zoleo you are bound to use an app?
The other questions is your preferred offline weather apps?
Someone on FB immediately jumped in with “text your daughter or partner etc”, but that wasn’t my question. I like to have my independent plan and options.
Thoughts?
I know there are tremendous engineering brains and backcountry loners here :)
Thank you!
Karina Bezkrovnaia
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