Smartphones with GPS Navigation Alleviate the Need for Printers

Do you need a printer to get the most from your GPS navigation unit or can Smartphones eliminate the need for printers? While you may have been used to needing to have a printer to help process your GPS navigation information, Smartphones are getting, well, smarter, every day and with the speed and flexibility of the Internet and SmartPhone applications, you can virtually eliminate the need for printers when using your GPS navigation system.
Smartphones with GPS navigation built in eliminate almost all the hassle. With the exception of sometimes needing to subscribe to a location based service like TeleNav or VZ Navigator for things like voice navigation, your SmartPhone can provide nearly every GPS feature you could need. You can get real-time position tracking in order to obtain turn-by-turn directions, text-guided directions and points of interest. Because your SmartPhone can access the Internet, it can bring your GPS data current enough to reflect road construction or other detours in real-time convenience. Even the voice-guided directions are becoming standard features on many new Smartphones like the HTC Droid Incredible or the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition phone.
It has been common for many people to use their printer along with their GPS device to make sure they have their driving instructions in a handy usable form. However, because today's Smartphones are all-inclusive with advanced GPS navigation technology, the need for printers is quickly becoming obsolete. Instead, your phone can do it all.
Smartphones with GPS navigation are helping parents as well. Now they can increasingly keep track of their child's location through their cell phone by accessing a web site with monitoring capabilities. The monitoring system can even send kids text messages informing them they have traveled outside of the locations previously approved by their parents. This most practical use of Smartphones with GPS navigation is music to many parent's ears in a time when child safety is of utmost importance.
While there may still be times when you are interested in using a printer along with your GPS navigation system in order to have a paper copy of your directions, the quickly advancing technology of Smartphones and GPS navigation is changing everything. Rather than needing to make sure you have a wireless printer to take along, or worse yet, have regular access to an Internet Cafe or library, your printer can stay at home, where printers belong, and your GPS navigation can still be your guide right through your SmartPhone.