Frommers European Maps Question

[macdaddy01]

I am traveling to Europe next month, and I am looking for some good London and Paris maps for my 3G. Can someone tell me if the Frommers apps have detailed maps for these 2 cities? I am trying to avoid AT&T's expensive data roaming fees, because I imagine using GPS+Google maps would download load a lot of data.

Does anybody have any experience with the Frommers maps or maps from another travel app?

Can I cache the Google maps on my phone?

Are there any worldwide GSM SIMs that have reasonable data rates (I have an officially unlocked 3G iPhone)?

 

[mappyman]

If you know where you are going, then use the program "offlinemaps" on cydia - if your iphone is jailbroken.

It gets the maps from Google and saves them for offline browsing.

 

[macdaddy01]

Can a US citizen buy a prepaid SIM with unlimited data in London and Paris? If so, can someone tell give a rough price?

 

[TwoBytes]

check out the £6 london tube app - has places of interest and you'll need a tube map if you're in london!

lots of free wifi around so googlemaps should run fine.

 

[mappyman]

Can a US citizen buy a prepaid SIM with unlimited data in London and Paris? If so, can someone tell give a rough price?

There are a few WiFi hot spots for free in london.

Also, yes with some providers you can get prepaid SIMs with unlimited data plans for only £7.50 - £15.

 

[kis]

Can a US citizen buy a prepaid SIM with unlimited data in London and Paris? If so, can someone tell give a rough price?

there's no such thing as unlimited prepaid in Europe. Prices for data in Europe are exorbitant.

 

[Sobe]

I am traveling to Europe next month, and I am looking for some good London and Paris maps for my 3G. Can someone tell me if the Frommers apps have detailed maps for these 2 cities? I am trying to avoid AT&T's expensive data roaming fees, because I imagine using GPS+Google maps would download load a lot of data.

Does anybody have any experience with the Frommers maps or maps from another travel app?

Can I cache the Google maps on my phone?

Are there any worldwide GSM SIMs that have reasonable data rates (I have an officially unlocked 3G iPhone)?

I know this is not the answer you are looking for, but I would just rent a phone locally and use a guide book for maps/places of interest.

 

[macdaddy01]

My phone is unlocked, so I plan on renting a local SIM or a worldwide SIM. I would like to know if there is a reasonable prepaid data plan to use for the UK. A data plan would be nice for GPS, since tracking down free WiFi just to load Google maps would seem like a waste of time. Even though people say that free wifi is everywhere, I find that it is hard to find.