Wazers with Tablets

by **TheJustPull85** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:18 pm

Like the idea! But wouldn't waze eat up your data plan?

by **fvwazing** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:30 pm

If you are worried about datausage, check Menu/Settings/Advanced/Datatransfer periodically to see how Waze performs. You will find that Waze has a very low datausage - except when you start Waze the first time and it loads all the maps. Using the 3D-view in the client needs more mapdata, so you may want to switch to 2D.

by **fvwazing** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:34 pm

gettingthere wrote:Don't you need to actually see the road out the window?

Not if the map is good enough and everybody around you uses Waze! :lol:

by **gettingthere** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:40 pm

Also, it seems likely that autozoom by distance will use less data than autozoom by speed. Autozoom by speed actually autozooms by speed and by distance. So if you use autozoom by distance, the map will zoom in less often and in theory will consuming less data since the higher detail is not being downloaded from the Waze servers as often.

by **TheJustPull85** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:16 pm

gettingthere wrote:Also, it seems likely that autozoom by distance will use less data than autozoom by speed. Autozoom by speed actually autozooms by speed and by distance. So if you use autozoom by distance, the map will zoom in less often and in theory will consuming less data since the higher detail is not being downloaded from the Waze servers as often.

Good thinking. I don't own a tablet, was just wondering for the Orignal poster. I'm not sure how they will be connecting the tablet to the internet, or if it is a 3g plan. I just use waze on my iphone and let it do the rest.

by **crazycomputingdotnet** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:34 pm

I would think that the data usage is the same for the phone. The maps are the same just streached bigger because of the bigger screen. I am currently grandfathered in on T-mobiles old unlimited, but tablet will be another line. I have been watching my data usage on my phone and am never over a gig a month, and I turn on Waze all the time I am driving. I am on Wi-fi at home, so when I am home I am not counting against my data usage. I would probably be fine with a 2 gig plan.