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Melville
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11th Feb 06 at 16:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Alright chaps.

Does anyone know if there is any software that you can download to put on your phone to get sat nav?

I dont know anything about what I need so some info on anything else I need would be appreciated. I think I need some sort of GPRS connector, possibly bluetooth?

Also what are the costs invloved? I know its dependent on your network prices but any rough prices would be great.
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11th Feb 06 at 16:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ive got a Nokia 6680.
I paid 30 quid for a 256mb memory card with TomTom installed, and 40quid for a bluetooth GPS reciever.


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Melville
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source of said memory card?

Also any ideas of the costs from the network?
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u need a gps reciever not gprs, search for gpr receier on ebay for the type og phone you want. then you just need the software, probs get that off ebay 2, or just download probs hard to find though.
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Ah GPS it is then

So are there any charges associated with running it? Such as connecting to the internet etc? As I said before I dont have a clue in the lightest.

Thanks for the help.
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Nope don't need any internet connection.
Just a bluetooth gps reciever and the software.
tomtom are the only people who do the mobile version afaik, although thats a total guess because I haven't looked.
Its not cheap.
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what model phone do u have might help lol but no costs other than initial equipment costs.
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SE D750i

Just looking on ebay now at the GPS receivers, will any work that have buetooth?
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yeah should do, however, i dont know lol i have a pda not mobile.
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I run satnav on my smartphone (orange spv C600)...

I use Tomtom Mobile 5 software, and a Tomtom Bluetooth GPS receiver. Don't go for cheap receivers as they are pretty crap (always losing signal etc).

You want something that uses the new SiRF III chip (rather than SiRF 2).

I think the actual TomTom one looks pretty cool -- I got mine from PDAmods.com.

http://pdamods.com/proddetail.asp?prod=TTBTGPSS3MOB

[Edited on 11-02-2006 by Tim]
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mer i had a cheap as chips recever for my pda never lost a signal. only cost 30 quid for everything also.
Melville
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Just been looking on the tomtom site and it says that it wont work on my phone
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I have a 16 channel ebay one and it also works fine.
Unless you need higher height precision or will be driving in american cities filled with skyscrapers a cheap one will do.
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I only say that as one of my mates has problems with signal in central London with his cheap one...
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London might be another urban canyon tim.
I've never been so not sure.
Really cheap ones wion't work well if you do a lot of driving in places like that then.
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Ok then chaps, my next question is....can I run sat nav on a laptop? And if so what do I need? USB GPS receiver?
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
I only say that as one of my mates has problems with signal in central London with his cheap one...


yeah same in leeds city centre, it suffers from loss of signal quite alot.

 
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