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SALE ON THE MOBILINKD WEBSITE, BUT NOTHING STOPS YOU FROM MAKING YOUR OWN.
FOR THE ANDROID SMARTPHONE, YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE APRSDROID
SOFTWARE APP AVAILABLE AT APRSDROID. ORG.  I AM USING MY BLACKBERRY Z30
SMARTPHONE LOADED WITH APRSDROID SOFTWARE.  APRSDROID SOFTWARE WILL NOT RUN
ON APPLE IPHONES, THOUGH.  ALSO, BE AWARE THAT THE MOBILINKD IS NOT A FULL
FEATURED PACKET RADIO TNC OF THE TYPE YOU MAY BE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING.  THE
TNC2 IS REALLY A KISS MODEM IT SIMPLY DECODES AND ENCODES PACKET SIGNALS.
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IT REQUIRES YOUR SMARTPHONE AND THE APRSDROID SOFTWARE TO SUPPLY THE APRS
PACKET FORMATTING AND OTHER INFORMATION, AS WELL AS GPS DATA.  SINCE THE
GPS DATA IS PROVIDED BY YOUR SMARTPHONE, OF COURSE, YOU DONT NEED A
SEPARATE GPS RECEIVER.  THATS ONE LESS DEVICE TO CARRY.  THE VERY COOL
THING ABOUT THE TNC2 IS THE FACT THAT IT TALKS TO YOUR SMARTPHONE VIA A
WIRELESS BLUETOOTH CONNECTION.  THIS MEANS THAT ONCE YOU POWER UP THE
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