sat navs

drak3 · 31 Mar 2008 at 04:30

Hello all,

I am looking for a slim and well priced sat nav (for example S30?) that is good enough for walking also.

Anyone has experience with sat navs used for both walking and driving or no such thing exists and is better to buy one for each task?

thanks a lot.

Skeeter · 31 Mar 2008 at 04:33

What mobile phone do you have?

A decent Symbian S60 phone makes for a decent TomTom! And the software + Bluetooth GPS reciever work out cheaper too.

willd58 · 31 Mar 2008 at 06:31

Skeeter said:
What mobile phone do you have?

A decent Symbian S60 phone makes for a decent TomTom! And the software + Bluetooth GPS reciever work out cheaper too.

How much is the software? Is there any available that work with the N95's internal GPS?

reefoid · 31 Mar 2008 at 10:21

I am using Garmin XT on my N95 8GB and it works a treat with the internal GPS. I've now sold my Streetpilot as my phone does just as good a job.

Skeeter · 31 Mar 2008 at 14:22

the N95 is a good phone for sat nav due to the huge screen. I dont know if TomTom yet works with the internal GPS, but personally I wouldnt bother. I was sat in the garden for about 10 mins with my sisters and it still didnt get a strong enough signal to tell me where I was. I use a Bluetooth device (£30) with my N73 and TomTom and love it, even if the screen is a little small.

EDIT: TomTom maps are £80+ (depending on how many maps you want).

wassap · 31 Mar 2008 at 14:44

I have a N95-8GB with the latest firmware, and its no where near as accurate in the car as say a tomtom, i use it with Garmin XT, and tbh its to buggy to rely on it as your only source,too bloody annoying imo.

I got a cheapy sat nav from a competitor and put tomtom on that and its way way better that any nokia phone ive had for satnav.

Richdog · 31 Mar 2008 at 14:51

I use Garmin XT and prefer it to Tom Tom overall... I use it with the Nokia N82 and i couldn't be happier with it, it doesn't skip a beat. Why buy a separate Sat-nav when a phone does such a good job with the added bonus of being about 10x more portable?

Doonhamer · 31 Mar 2008 at 14:52

Not everybody wants to carry a phone that large?

Richdog · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:07

The N82 is hardly a large phone in the grand scheme of things... easily pocket-sized.

wassap · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:33

Richdog said:
I use Garmin XT and prefer it to Tom Tom overall... I use it with the Nokia N82 and i couldn't be happier with it, it doesn't skip a beat. Why buy a separate Sat-nav when a phone does such a good job with the added bonus of being about 10x more portable?

Except it doesnt do as good a job, its actually quite poor, the accuracy is off, especially in built up areas, and its slow at recalculating.Even with the A-Gps its not the fastest thing to lock on.As i say it may be fine walking around, but it leaves a lot to be desired in the car.

Richdog · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:55

wohoo said:
Except it doesnt do as good a job, its actually quite poor, the accuracy is off, especially in built up areas, and its slow at recalculating.Even with the A-Gps its not the fastest thing to lock on.As i say it may be fine walking around, but it leaves a lot to be desired in the car.

My N82 locks on within 10 seconds in most cases even from a cold start, and works fine even in the center of London (Holborn). As for accuracy i've not experienced any, and that is on trips ranging from local jaunts to places I haven't been to through deep countryside, to my Nans in bradford which is 200 miles away. How is that not doing a good job?

wassap · 31 Mar 2008 at 16:11

Richdog said:
My N82 locks on within 10 seconds in most cases even from a cold start, and works fine even in the center of London (Holborn). As for accuracy i've not experienced any, and that is on trips ranging from local jaunts to places I haven't been to through deep countryside, to my Nans in bradford which is 200 miles away. How is that not doing a good job?

Doesnt work for me, and countless others reading around on the t'interweb.Ultimately it wont be as accurate, as it can only pick up 8 sats.

Standing still outside, it locks on reasonably quickly (20-30 secs), it gets confused easily and and takes a while to correct itself, simply not good enough in my book.

Richdog · 31 Mar 2008 at 16:20

Well I guess we must have had different experiences then... I went from a Tom Tom One and have never looked back... what phone did you use it on?

wassap · 31 Mar 2008 at 16:25

N95-8GB, thats my main issue with the current crop of Nokia's, some people get some good one, many others dont.

drak3 · 31 Mar 2008 at 19:21

I d prefer a build for purpose device like S30 navman. Anyone has any experience with this? I found them cheap as low as 80quid.