Do you now NEED a smartphone?

[Donn]

For those smartphone holdouts- even if you don't want to pay for a data plan (which can be had very reasonably if you look around), a smartphone without service is still a useful tool. GPS, metronome and tuner apps, better camera than feature phones,...

Tuner I've got, but I haven't seen any evidence of useful GPS capability without data. (I have phone service pre-paid, no data. Works OK for me - reasonable deal for a tuner with a high quality rechargeable battery, that can also do phone calls if I ever need to call anyone - but don't know how well it would work for anyone who likes to talk on the phone a lot. And I'm not positive the microphone is as good as you'd get in a purpose-built tuner, though it seems to do OK.)

[Rick F]

The GPS function in a smart phone works independent of data svc or cell connection, but you'll need a GPS app like TomTom or similar. But those apps are HUGE and a bit costly.

[Bob Kolada]

Nokia HERE works just fine without a connection and comes on the phones. There are a few free to cheap Android GPS apps that do the same; Skobbler is a good one.