Compass in mobile phone

sermad · 9 Jan 2008 at 11:16

Hi guys - If you had a compass in a mobile phone (along with sat nav capabilities) - would you think you would find it useful - Any ideas of situations where you think you could use it .

cheers

Random Guy · 9 Jan 2008 at 11:22

Navigation is obvious I suppose.

Muslims would use it to find Prayer Directions.

Wingz · 9 Jan 2008 at 11:57

the magnet in the ear piece would probably affect the accuracy, I have a tiny compass on my keyring which I used one for helping me align my satellite dish.

LeperousDust · 9 Jan 2008 at 19:41

you can already get them, its just a java program that needs to know where you live and you point it at the sun (assuming you know roughly where the sun is).

Roady · 9 Jan 2008 at 20:01

My N95 8gig has it as part of the GPS software...

Alasdair · 9 Jan 2008 at 23:16

LeperousDust said:
you can already get them, its just a java program that needs to know where you live and you point it at the sun (assuming you know roughly where the sun is).

You can do the very same with an analogue watch, so it's hardly a hi-tech solution.

Christo · 9 Jan 2008 at 23:56

The Nokia S60's have that function - but you need to be moving for it to work.

LeperousDust · 11 Jan 2008 at 10:06

Alasdair said:
You can do the very same with an analogue watch, so it's hardly a hi-tech solution.

Compass' aren't particulary this century though are they?
What i mean is for the very few times most people will need one on a phone that software is fine. Where-as if you really need a compass (integrated into a phone :confused:

) odds are you probably already own one and they're not huge.

tres · 11 Jan 2008 at 10:36

I had it on that shockproof nokia..

As i am out on boats a lot, especially around islands, you need to know compass headings and landmarks to navigate around rocks etc.. always useful

SB118 · 11 Jan 2008 at 14:05

Random Guy said:
Navigation is obvious I suppose.

Muslims would use it to find the target.