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There are a lot of technical "toys", that can help you to make hitchhiking easier, safer or just collect informations and statistics about your trips. A mobile version of hitchwiki is available at '''[http://m.hitchwiki.org/ m.hitchwiki.org]'''. You can also use your mobile device to browse hitchwiki.org offline: [[Hitchwiki:While offline]].
 
== iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch ==
Regardless of the iDevice having a GPS fuctionality or not, you can find torrents online of GPS software which you can put on and use simply as maps. This is great because it means you basically know where most gas stations are on your route and don`t make mistakes of getting out too late in the middle of nowhere. Maps of Europe and Middle east are very good from the company IGO.
You can also put dictionaries on there and maybe the hitchphrases pdf.
You will need a jailbroken iDevice for this.
You can also put ebooks for reading whilst waiting long times for a ride. Things such as survival books are useful things to have on there and ebook format means they don't weigh you down.
== Mobile Phones ==
=== Android ===
Check out free offline maps apps with POI:
* [[Organic Maps]] (former Maps.me) - free, no ads, privacy-focused, open source, run by volunteers: download any country maps beforehand and use offline including navigation and search, simple snappy interface, Hitchspots.me imports ([https://organicmaps.app download])* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand OsmAnd] (- you can download maps of only 10 countries/states for free), very powerful with many features, but very complex and slow interface* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.ALL Navfree] (- offline map but you need internet for address and POI search)* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator&hl=en_GB MapFactor Navigator] (Able - able to download maps to device, audio navigation instructions continue when device is locked (good for motorbikes))* [[== iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch ==Organic Mapsand OsmAnd mentioned in the previous section are available for iPhones also.me]] ( Regardless of the iDevice having a GPS location & directionfuctionality or not, able to download you can find torrents online of GPS software which you can put on and use simply as maps . This is great because it means you basically know where most gas stations are on your route and don`t make mistakes of countries/states getting out too late in the middle of nowhere. Maps of Europe and Middle east are very good from the company IGO.You can also put dictionaries on there and maybe the hitchphrases pdf.You will need a jailbroken iDevice for this.You can also put ebooks for free, search reading whilst waiting long times for POI, shows distances, simple interface works very good offline) ([http://mapsa ride. Things such as survival books are useful things to have on there and ebook format means they don't weigh you down.me/download download])
=== Windows Phone ===
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