Re: A month with a Nokia n95 (long)
- From: BGN <nickmooney@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:33:01 +0100
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:54:17 GMT, "DannyT" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I just went outside and sat down to time it and it got a lock on my
position for Google Maps in 70 seconds with the v11firmware. The v12
firmware converts the device from GPS to "aGPS" in which it grabs
additional location data from mobile phone base stations so it can
work out roughly where you are while it searches for a GPS signal to
pinpoint you. This decreases search dramatically I'm told by people
with the v12 firmware.
Sounds good. How do you update the firmware with a Nokia?
By using the Nokia Software Updater from their website.
<turns on sat nav device and clicks 'purchase'>
1) Buy a 3 year license = £47.05
2) Buy a 1 year license = £40.33
3) Buy a 30 day license = £5.37
4) Buy a 7 day license = £4.36
The pricing is excellent but Smart2go/Nokia Maps seem to be a bit vague
about what areas they cover for what price. I thought that it would be
country by country but the Smart2go website seems to imply that the pricing
you outlined is per category, and 'category A' as they call it is actually
Western Europe! The pricing is superb if you can get three years'
subscription to Western Europe for 47.05.
I wonder how one can integrate a speed camera database into Nokia maps?
Absolutely no idea!
I have to say that I prefer the T9 on my n95 to the Qwerty on the e61.
The keys on the e61 aren't all that fab and they're quite small. I
noticed, especially with 3rd applications that they weren't really set
up to use a full Qwerty on a phone and it would get confused as to
what you were trying to key in. This rendered some applications
unusable on the e61 as you couldn't get anything decent in them. Even
some of the applications that shipped with the e61 wouldn't work
properly like the currency bit of WorldMate as you couldn't select the
right options.
Interesting. Perhaps the answer is to buy a Freedom bluetooth keyboard for
around 50 pounds if you want to send longish emails? They work with a wide
range of phones and fold up so they are easy to carry around. I don't know
how much they sap the phone's battery when in use though.
I've got no problem with the keypad on the mobile phone. Carrying a
BT keyboard around with me all the time would indicate that I needed a
different type of phone.
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