[Leica] Lumix DMC-TZ5

[Steve Barbour]

> On Oct 26, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am considering upgrading my phone.  Where we live, the cell phone service
> is terrible.  I have to go out on the porch to get even one bar.  Because
> of that, I don't use the phone much at all.  I'd rather communicate by
> e-mail.  My kids, though, have the kind of phone service where they can
> look up things on the phone from almost anywhere.  They keep saying they
> will take me to pick out a new phone, but Tom says the monthly cost will go
> up astronomically.  I need to find out, anyway.


so you need a phone that is not a phone, but can take great photos, the Panasonic CM-1 should fill the bill.


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> 
> Tina
> 
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Almost certainly it does, Tina. The phone has GPS built in, the tagging
>> comes with the Camera app. With the latest release of iOS software the GPS
>> will function even in airplane mode (all transmitters, etc turned off).
>> 
>> Possibly you should consider an upgrade to the 6S simply for the quality
>> of the camera and the speed. The difference between the two devices is
>> astonishing and the builtin camera is very nice.
>> 
>> A killer app would connect whatever camera to your phone (Apple or Android
>> or Windows) and allow it to get a GPS fix with no operator intervention. I
>> thought that Fuji had done just that but, alas, they didn’t. Still, I’m
>> hopeful we might get something like this in the future.
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>>> On 2015 Oct 26, at 8:11 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I need to get my kids to show me how to use the phone.  I don't think
>> the 4
>>> does that, though.
>>> 
>>> Tina
>> 
>> 
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