It works in offline mode, without data connection, and with better and richer map data.

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In offline mode, I was downright shocked at just how fast everything operated.

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Last but not least our customers can save on roaming costs since they can use iGuidU in offline mode as well.

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What I found interesting, however, is a statement that Steve made during his presentation where he claimed that the new VMware View 4.5 Offline mode can take a VM in offline mode and synchronize the changes back to the Master image, including application installs and registry changes.

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For offline mode to work, people have to install the Gmail Offline app in the Chrome web store.

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In a blogpost, Ms Bradshaw said Maxis could have built a "subset offline mode" for the game that did away with the need to be constantly connected.

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