GPS mobile phones

Dugganator · 30 May 2006 at 23:35

Hi everyone

Right i think its time for a new Phone at the same time i want to get a GPS unit i was thinking about TOM TOM or Garmin but the other day at work one of the field engineers said that he would suggest getting a mobile with Gps as there nearly as good as GPS untis such as TOM TOM and Garmin, now this to me sounds a great ideal as i really need both a new phone and GPS as i am going to be traveling a lot and i hate road maps

. Any Suggestion or possible bad points. Price isnt really an issue.

Cheers

benneh · 30 May 2006 at 23:55

No bad points that i can see dude apart from mobile phone battery life. I have a 6600 with tomtom mobile and it's great

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Dugganator · 31 May 2006 at 00:02

benneh said:
No bad points that i can see dude apart from mobile phone battery life. I have a 6600 with tomtom mobile and it's great .

Would you suggest the 6600 or is there a different phone which is better.

Luke · 31 May 2006 at 00:05

MDA Vario. But like the Nokia, you'll need an external GPS receiver.

Or one of the HP iPAQ 65xx with inbuilt receiver.

Slackworth · 31 May 2006 at 00:08

Duggan said:
Would you suggest the 6600 or is there a different phone which is better.

6680 or n70 are the more up to date version of this phone.

Dugganator · 31 May 2006 at 01:00

adwhitworth said:
6680 or n70 are the more up to date version of this phone.

Do you still need an external GPS receiver units with these phone's.

Spamalot · 31 May 2006 at 01:43

Duggan said:
Do you still need an external GPS receiver units with these phone's.

Yes, and even those phones are not that up to date now, N70 is not to bad. Basically any phone bought through a UK network will need a seperate GPS unit, but they start at around £40. I would sugest the SPV M600 (also known as the i-mate JAMin or Qtech S200) or the Nokia N80.

Dugganator · 31 May 2006 at 01:59

Spamalot said:
Yes, and even those phones are not that up to date now, N70 is not to bad. Basically any phone bought through a UK network will need a seperate GPS unit, but they start at around £40. I would sugest the SPV M600 (also known as the i-mate JAMin or Qtech S200) or the Nokia N80.

Cheers sweet dude, wonder if i can get these on contract

Spamalot · 31 May 2006 at 02:20

Duggan said:
Cheers sweet dude, wonder if i can get these on contract

What network are you on?

DONS- Think this should get moved to Mobiles?

Dugganator · 31 May 2006 at 02:30

Spamalot said:
What network are you on?

DONS- Think this should get moved to Mobiles?

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Spamalot · 31 May 2006 at 10:11

Duggan said:
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XDA mini S is what you want then, phone them and ask for it free (should get it free on £25 p/m and above). Whats your monthly spend?

benneh · 31 May 2006 at 13:30

Spamalot said:
XDA mini S is what you want then, phone them and ask for it free (should get it free on £25 p/m and above). Whats your monthly spend?

Seems to be £49.99 on contract (benneh's looking for a free upgrade on a £38 ppm contract).

Tinders · 31 May 2006 at 14:00

N80 wont run tomtom will it, as its running the latest version of symbian which wont run older symbian apps.

Hawk Tuah · 31 May 2006 at 14:26

I'm running Tom Tom Navigator 5 on an o2 XDA Mini S. I'm using a solar powered bluetooth receiver (ebay). Works a treat, and never needs recharging. I just leave it in my front windscreen.

When the phone is turned on its side, it looks just like a proper tomtom unit.

Tomsk · 31 May 2006 at 14:38

benneh said:
No bad points that i can see dude apart from mobile phone battery life. I have a 6600 with tomtom mobile and it's great .

More bad points, depending on the phone.
Display won't be as good as a purpose built satnav.
Lack of touchscreen.
Lack of volume.

Dugganator · 31 May 2006 at 21:08

o2 XDA Mini S sounds like a good ideal, i have to give O2 a call in a moment and see if i can upgrade.

Cheers for the advise so far everyone

Hawk Tuah · 31 May 2006 at 21:27

Tomsk said:
More bad points, depending on the phone.
Display won't be as good as a purpose built satnav.
Lack of touchscreen.
Lack of volume.

The o2 XDA Mini S has a touchscreen and the display is roughly the same size as a normal tomtom unit.

Luke · 31 May 2006 at 21:27

Tomsk said:
More bad points, depending on the phone.
Display won't be as good as a purpose built satnav.
Lack of touchscreen.
Lack of volume.

None of the above points are true about tomtom on my MDA Vario.