Which mobile phone with sat nav?

spellcaster · 12 Nov 2008 at 11:51

Hello,

I am thnking of getting a new seconhand mobile phone off ebay but do not know which make or model i should consider. I am still using my trusty nokia 3650 but this time around I have decided I would like to get sat nav on my new phone also one which has lots of games/utils for it. I am looking for a phone around a year old in regards to when it was released as I do not want to spend a lot. Any recommendations please and state why. I might also fancy going down the pda route with windows ce etc and apps liek word excell etc

monkeyspank · 12 Nov 2008 at 13:41

I use my N95 a lot for sat nav, it works well in that regard. It's on latest firmware and with assisted GPS I generally get a lock within about 10-20 seconds. Using GarminXT.

spellcaster · 12 Nov 2008 at 13:47

Thanks for the reply about your N95. Is there a phone a little bitcheaper lik last years technology that I could go for? What was your last phone before the N95?

monkeyspank · 12 Nov 2008 at 14:44

Before that I had some SE phone, K800 I think. No GPS on that though. I've have my n95 about a year now. The N96 is now available so n95 silver is 2 iterations old. Do they still cost quite a bit then? You should eb able to get one free on a cheap contract I would have thought.
But for something with lots of available software, it's definitely one you want to look at if it's do-able

spellcaster · 12 Nov 2008 at 15:32

Does the N95 have that nav built in or do you have to buy a seperate bluetooth channel thing for it.

Vonhelmet · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:23

C702 has GPS and Google Maps. You can pay a subscription (£4 per month or £40 a year) for voice guided Satnav.

monkeyspank · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:02

spellcaster said:
Does the N95 have that nav built in or do you have to buy a seperate bluetooth channel thing for it.

has a GPS receiver built in. Doesn't work very easily with tomtom but works like a charm with GarminXT

Dureth · 12 Nov 2008 at 21:04

Have a look out for the E-TEN Glofiish phones as some come with a SiRFIII GPS chipset, I just picked up a refurb Glofiish x800 for £150.

Windows Mobile 6
GPS
FM Radio
HDSPA
3G
2MP Camera with auto focus and flash
WMP
Mobile Office 2007
Co-Pilot 7 turn by turn voice, free map & speed camera updates
640x480 touchscreen
Micro SD card slot, comes with a 1GB card, I replaced with an 8GB.

BigDom · 12 Nov 2008 at 22:12

HTC Touch Pro or HD are also worthwhile considering.

Both have very clear high rez screens which is quite nice for navigation and being windows mobile come with a compact office suite, games and other usefull apps ( plus others you can get.).

Both have built in Sat Nav which works well enough ( the nav isn't perfect, the poling is a little slow by default but it's easy to fine tune ) and the default googlemaps is good enough for most uses - but you can get a multitude of proper sat nav programs too.

Before people jump up and down and say 'google maps isn't a sat nav program' - for my uses it's ideal.. I don't trust sat nav systems. So having a good quality, visual map, with the route it thinks I need to follow displayed and my current location is perfect. If I see roadworks, I can quickly ( in a matter of seconds ) work out my own detour and being able to see a satellite image of the land is usefull for spotting the right turns etc.