Emanuele,
There are a few SPL meter apps for Android available, although I'm not sure=
any of them are as sophisticated as the iPhone one. The problem with Andro=
id as a measurement platform is that unlike the iPhone, where the hardware =
specs are universal and known to the developers, each manufacturer uses dif=
ferent components. So if you buy an HTC phone like the Nexus One, it will h=
ave a different microphone to the Motorola Droid for example. This means th=
at whereas the iPhone app will give roughly accurate results straight out o=
f the box, you'd have to find some way of calibrating an Android app before=
it would be of any use.
GPS on the other hand should be no problem at all, there are apps that will=
allow you to do just about anything you can think of - display your positi=
on on top of maps or aerial photography, upload your movements to a web ser=
ver for analysis later, or show you distance and direction to a predetermin=
ed point in a similar way to the classic Garmin handsets. The satellite rec=
eption might not be as good as some of the bigger Garmin units with externa=
l aerials, but I managed to get a lock with my phone (T-Mobile Pulse) in a =
forest the other night when my Garmin eTrex was refusing to see any satelli=
tes at all.
Hope this helps!
Tom
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> Hi everyone,
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> I'm insisting a bit more on this thread because the iPhone is not
> completely convincing me with the working/not working issue.
> I'm taking some interest in smartphones running Google's Android OS,
> like the Nexus One and I would like to know if
> SPL meter and GPS apps are available for it as well.
>
> Thanks so much again.
>
> Ema
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