finally my phone has died and purchased a new one, second one in 20years, yeah the first was replaced free because it become obsolete, now the second one fell in the ahole while you know what, so it is history,
i didn't want to spend mega bucks, so purchased a Samsung Galaxy Fame small enough but still compatible with everything still happening around the traps right now,
GPS/maps/Wifi was all i thought would be of interest to me,
well $30 disappeared in less than 24hrs so rang Vodafone about some way of sorting this out and they come to the party with rip up the old contract and we will supply a new modem with Wifi connection for Comp and Phone, so that sorted awaiting for package to arrive,
in the meantime i am thinking i like the idea of having my fish spots on my Phone complete with maps,
like Navonics,
what have your guys D/Loaded to use?
what sort of cost?
reception is it a problem out at sea?
anything you can think of to help me sort out what i should have or need,
cheers in advance....       

I got mine here
.http://www.kayakfishingnz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10160&hilit=navionics

Back to phones then, we have been with Vodafone for 10 years, have been talking with them since Jan about renewing my phone, present one is galaxy xcover, has got bugger all memory, forever running out of space, having to delete things to get texts etc. They promised to ring me back early April to sort something out as this was the earliest they could offer me a new phone without early termination fees. They never rang so I rang them again, this time the rep said to leave it till the 11th (being launch date of the s5 ) & she will ring me back & get something sorted. She never did, I had to ring them back again this week & all they seemed to do was to sign me up to a deal that was three times more minutes & price then what I actually needed. I asked them for costs to get out of my contract (end of Sep) so not wanting to pay that iwill now see out my contract & then look to move to 2 degrees as their plans make more sense with roll over minutes & data. Silly thing is we were also looking to change our house phone/internet over to them as well. We'll relook at our options again in Sep now but 2 degrees seem to be in front of the 8 ball at the moment.

Just as long as you can get your bite times lethal......

I downloaded a program on my android phone called EarthNC New Zealand I think it was $12 and has all the basic functions of a chart plotter, ability to plot tracks and save spots etc.  

interesting guys thanks so far,
i was with Ihug before Vodafone brought them out hence ive been now with them since 1997,
they definitely do things for me when i ask,
i have everything with them now TV/Sky Sport/Broadband/House Phone/Mobile Phone all in one,
when i asked them how i could use my broadband with Mobile Phone they said i needed a new Modem with WiFi connection,
it was $150 but said to hang on a min and i will talk to my Boss, she come back say they couldn't do it and would have to pay the $150 but then the Boss must have checked our account and decided he could rip up our old contract and rewrite a new one complete with a free Modem,
now that to me is pretty good in my book and will definitely keep me on their side...
they have even text me the number to the parcel for tracking it, so yeah i cant complain about them...
 

Na stuff the contract bro, I was telstra clear who  sold to vodafone. Before that slingshot, Ihug. slingshot, Ihug,Woosh...who ever had the best deal at the time. 

I have Navionics on my phone lethal, by memory about $17. Excellent app, especially when on a charter boat .
You do need to turn the phones mobile data for connectivity for it to work when marking spots and routes. just remember to turn it back off again or it will cost.

with the newer phones using glosnas for gps you dont use any data or need cell towers to triangulate .much much faster lock times aswell.

After my Samsung S3 died of Sudden Death and the dealer (fairbuy.co.nz ) decided they didnt want to deal with customers - I purchased the Moto G - a new lower cost Smart phone.  I have always had top end phones - but love this new device.  <$300 and all the featured I need.