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Using the iWalk apps on the Google Nexus 7

For use with iWalk apps, the Nexus 7 tablet has a number of things going for it: A built-in GPS which is very quick to get a position fix A decent sized screen for viewing maps Good battery life when GPS is enabled Still small enough to fit in a coat pocket Light enough to sling around your neck in waterproof case They are available from Amazon either with 16 or 32Gb of memory. 16GB 32GB For running the iWalk apps, either is fine. Protection from the elements For walking, we'd recommend getting a waterproof case. Not only are they useful if the weather is wet, but in cold weather you can hang the tablet around your neck to save fiddling with gloves and pockets. To keep the wind, rain or children's lunch off your tablet, this one is fine: I took mine out in all weathers and the tablet has been fine, though it eventually split after about 6 months of heavy use. If you want something that is guaranteed waterproof, that you can drop in a river and still be OK, and will last for y

iWalk apps on Android phones

The majority of our walks are available as guided walks for Android phones (or tablets), and we are steadily working through making the remainder available.  See our apps page for the current list of which walks are available as apps.  Each walk also contains a link to the app in the top-right corner if it's available for the walk. Phone models Any phone running Android 2 or above should be OK for running the iWalk apps.  Map scrolling is smoother on newer faster phones, but we regularly use an old HTC Desire C for testing and it works fine.  Note there is a bug in the Android 4.2 operating system that may cause the very occasional drawing glitch when panning or zooming the map, but if you just pan or zoom a bit more, it should redraw fine.  Hopefully Google will fix it in 4.3 as it's affecting a lot of other apps on 4.2. Installing the apps If you have a QR scanning app installed you can zap the QR code (either from the web pages on the screen of your PC or a printout) to g