On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:54:17 GMT, "DannyT" <invalid@nospam.co.uk>
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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