BGN wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:33:48 GMT, "DannyT" <invalid@nospam.co.uk>
> wrote:

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> 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?

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> <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?

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> 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.

>> Decisions decisions!
>
> I've not use the Gooseberry so I can't give you a comparison but I've
> got no real problems with the n95 and doubt I'll change it before the
> contract comes up for renewal and then I'd upgrade to the newer
> version of the n95 then should Nokia make one.

It's certainly top of my list at the moment.