kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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was just thinking, how is it that a real sat nav and one on your phone work in different ways?
what i mean is buy a sat nav unit, chuck it on, its free to use, job done
with a phone the data usage is over your phones network right? meaning it could cost loads if youre on a bad data package...
whhhy. or am i being stupid?
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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quote:
Originally posted by kz
was just thinking, how is it that a real sat nav and one on your phone work in different ways?
what i mean is buy a sat nav unit, chuck it on, its free to use, job done
with a phone the data usage is over your phones network right? meaning it could cost loads if youre on a bad data package...
whhhy. or am i being stupid?
maps are encoded making them smaller in size, use free gps for locations. real time info and not preprogrammed on memory card. real time updates.
ours is 5pmonth, kicks arse over any satnav product.
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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not sure what you mean, you can use satnav on a phone without using any data usage if you dont require traffic info etc
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
Location: I swap goats for mobile phones
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Buy a Symbian phone (N73, 6680, N95 etc etc)
Buy a GPS unit for around £40
Buy a Phone holder
Buy a 1GB card
Get tomtom 5.0 or 6.0 and maps
PM me for more information on this...I can supply no problem!
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
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n95 has built in gps, however its not as accurate or quick getting a lock as most bluetooth receivers on the market today
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
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Yeh James it does- dont think TomTom works with N95 though? Ive heard Garmin does...
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jamesw
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no tomtom wont pickup the inbuilt receiver  there is supposed to be an update due, but look how long its been since there was an update put out for smartphones.
GarminXT I have had working with internal, and also Route66
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
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Can you supply me this please james?
U2U me the links or upload it etc?want to try it on a N95
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesw
n95 has built in gps, however its not as accurate or quick getting a lock as most bluetooth receivers on the market today
N95 8gb one takes about 2-3mins using Garmin.
[Edited on 04-04-2008 by Nismo]
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
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2 long that haha
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