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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.
==Mobile Phones==
Most modern mobile phones can surf the internet. This might help you to get information about hitching spots, bus or train connections or even maps.
===Java Applets===
Almost all phones produced within the last five years will support java. There are a lot of free Java-Applications that can be useful for hitchhiking.
* '''Google maps''' can show you detailed maps and satellite pictures.
** [http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps.html See here] how to install it on your phone.
* '''MGMaps''' supports a lot of different maps. If you have GPS, it can even send your position to a website, so friends or family can see where you are now. This might be a nice security feature, just in case.
** [http://www.mgmaps.com/download.php Download here].
==GPS==
With a GPSgps-Receiver receiver you can always determine your exact location. This might be useful if you get lost. ==Mobile Phones==Most Some modern mobile phones can surf the internethave a gps built-in. This might help If your phone has bluetooth, you to get information about hitching spotscan buy an external dongle, bus or train connections or even mapswhich is almost as good as an internal one.
Also you can have some fun on the road with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching Geocaching].
==Costs==
Mobile internet can be expensive, depending on your country and price plan. Mapping or navigating usually just needs a few Kilobytes of traffic.
* Note that using internet abroad will be much more expensive than in your home country. It might make sense to get a cheap sim card, if you stay in a country for a while.
===Some Examples===
* Checking a map with Google Maps or MGMaps will need less than 100 KB.
* Sending your position to the internet every 5 minutes will need less that 50 KB per hour.
===List of cheap data providers===
====Germany====
* '''Simyo''': only 24ct/MB, or 10 EUR for 1 GB.
** International roaming: 19ct per 100 KB within the [[EU]]. Ridiculously expensive, when outside the EU.
