GPS phone advice

Sneeky

Sneeky

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Sneeky said:
Hi
I have found the gps on the N95 limited but yet very useful.
Due for an upgrade now and am keen to get another phone with GPS capability.

The N95 service was free, whats out htere now? Nokia navigator or anything later?
strewth
*help*
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I've found the BlackBerry GPS and routing software very good as well.
 
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Clearly I need to research this a bit more hehe.

Not really to keen on a BB, you on about the i8910 S&B?
 
Sneeky said:
Clearly I need to research this a bit more hehe.

Not really to keen on a BB, you on about the i8910 S&B?
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I would recommend iPhone, though it does not have a fully fledged navigation app. But I think the navigation app is imminent. Iphone is a good investment, as long as you keep the scratches off the phone, you will later sell it for a kill.
 
news24 said:
I would recommend iPhone, though it does not have a fully fledged navigation app. But I think the navigation app is imminent.
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No, don't buy the iPhone if you want to use it for GPS navigation. It doesn't have ANY navigation app available. It's no use buying something for a functionality you might get.
 
Both Garmin XT and Nokia Maps are more than adequate as your full time navigation device. Even AmazeGPS will work, so simply get a phone that has a GPS, and that can at least run Java apps.

It seems like the "bad" GPS chips that were being thrown into cellphones so that the manufacturers cold brag that it had GPS are slowly being phased out as the decent chips come down in price.
 
Hey thx folks, appreciate the feedback.

Another stoopid question if I may, the old N95 used Nokia maps right, and it was a free service that you caould track your path. You could subscribe to the full navigation package which I never did.

The new phones now, with Garmin XT and Nokia maps, are these free services or are there additional charges to make use of them?
 
Hi,

The Omnia comes with free Garmin GPS for life. I would, however, highly recommend the Samsung Innov8. It has free Route 66 (+ voice navigation) for life, and it is by far the best phone I've used (and I've used many).
 
The N95 8GB came with Nokia Maps, plus ZA navigation for 2 years, which is fine for the lifetime of the phone anyway. Check what navigation comes with the phone for free, else the Garmin software is ~R1000.
 
appreciate the input people.

on a Voda Talk 240 upgrade
i900 Omnia = R1900
i8510 INNOV8 = R3499

:eek:

seems steep.
The INNOV8 is sweet though. :D
 
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The Nokia 5800 works extremely well with Garmin mobile XT. And the GPS from my experience is top notch (Locks in seconds, even in doors)
 
MTN are now replacing the INNOV8 with the 8800 PIXON, free on a 350 minute contract.
 
I find that TomTom is the king of the GPS programs. Works great on my Sony X1
 
I noticed you mentioned Nokia N95 , I also have an N95 but my gps is slow to locate a position, any idea's on what I could do to fix it ? At present I just stop using it :-(
 
I'm using Motion X GPS on my iPhone, bought it for $2.99 (R30) at the iTunes online store.

Works really well.
 
2cute2shy said:
I noticed you mentioned Nokia N95 , I also have an N95 but my gps is slow to locate a position, any idea's on what I could do to fix it ? At present I just stop using it :-(
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I have an N95 and use GPS a lot.
Dunno if there is anything in this but if go into the 'tools/settings/phone/network/network mode' and the phone is set to 'gsm' and not 'dual mode' it seems to sync slower.

Maybe I am imagining it but without fail it seems to be better in dual mode on mine.
 
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