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If you're using gps to track running and such, you aren't running 24 hours a day, so you can save battery by turning it on and off. I think that's a great feature. But it would have been nice to say 'GPS' time, like phones describe 'talk-time'.

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There are times I wish I could leave GPS tracking on all the time, with a simple way to add markers either now or later, and with the ability to share the data with any app I want. There are times I just want to hop on my bike and ride without doing some dance with a finicky GPS app that I have to remember to stop at the end (and hope it doesn't crash during my ride).

For what it's worth, any Android phone with Google Now already can track you (albeit without super high resolution) 24/7. It's actually kind of cool; it looks at where you are and how fast you're going to infer walking vs biking vs driving.

>If you're using gps to track running and such, you aren't running 24 hours a day

I run and cycle. I and many people I know do cycle ~ 12 hours in a day, while training. Right now the choice among road bikers I know, is the Garmin 810 which lasts that long with continuous use.

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