Samsung i300 + GPS

Syph · 10 Mar 2006 at 10:01

Hello all.

After my 'phone dilemma' thread, I've settled on the i300. Loving the 3GB hdd, all the features and the fact that it's a Windows-based phone. All I'm looking for now is a GPS receiver and compatible software - any exist? Any recommendations?

Cheers.

VIRII · 10 Mar 2006 at 11:42

Syph said:
Hello all.

After my 'phone dilemma' thread, I've settled on the i300. Loving the 3GB hdd, all the features and the fact that it's a Windows-based phone. All I'm looking for now is a GPS receiver and compatible software - any exist? Any recommendations?

Cheers.

TomTom and Co-pilot are the two I am familiar with for windows based phones. Any Bluetooth GPS receiver should work.
I like the look of the i300 but theres a 8gb or something version out soon.

Syph · 10 Mar 2006 at 13:17

VIRII said:
TomTom and Co-pilot are the two I am familiar with for windows based phones. Any Bluetooth GPS receiver should work.
I like the look of the i300 but theres a 8gb or something version out soon.

Aye, but 3GB is enough for me. I'm used to a 128mb MuVo!

uk_viper · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:44

would be interesting to find out if there is a gps system, i got a i300, shame the battery lasts about a day, other than that its great

Syph · 11 Mar 2006 at 08:13

uk_viper said:
would be interesting to find out if there is a gps system, i got a i300, shame the battery lasts about a day, other than that its great

Could you post/take some photos of it for me? It's out of stock atm, so I've got more chance to consider the phone. Possibly some holding the phone would be nice.

Cheers.

VIRII · 11 Mar 2006 at 09:45

I went into the O2 shop to check this phone out yesterday. Much bigger than expected. Larger than the MPV600. It also comes with 2 batteries because that little hard drive seems to eat the battery life. Decided not to go for it in the end.
Nice looking phone though.

Syph · 12 Mar 2006 at 16:08

VIRII said:
I went into the O2 shop to check this phone out yesterday. Much bigger than expected. Larger than the MPV600. It also comes with 2 batteries because that little hard drive seems to eat the battery life. Decided not to go for it in the end.
Nice looking phone though.

I had a look and a play with one today. It's size suprised me - smaller than I thought it would be actually. Nice scroller, nice menus etc.

However, I couldn't get past the small screen. I'm used to the screen on my S700i, and before that a GX20. Both have decent size screens. Didn't like the angled top/bottom either. I had a play with the XDA SP too - reasonable phone but poor camera. Think I'm right back to square one!