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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Can you imagine Darth Mario's level of ecstasy when he reads this, care of www.theregister.co.uk ? :
'Nokia pays $8bn for Navteq
Show me the way to Finland... Nokia has jumped into the personal-navigation business with the acquisition of Navteq, for 5.7bn ($8.1bn).
Chicago-based Navteq has about 3,000 employees based at 168 offices in 30 countries. The company will operate independently, providing existing customers with mapping information and continuing to run Traffic.com.
Nokia is, of course, one of those customers - Navteq supplies the Nokia Maps application that comes with the N95 handset.
Nokia already embeds GPS in a couple of handsets, although the decision to upgrade the N95 to A-GPS (though a firmware upgrade) was more indicative of their commitment, as it requires Nokia to host servers providing the assistance (the "A" of "A-GPS").
But sat-nav isn't just about adding features to mobile phone handsets: it's also a route towards Nokia's Nirvana of selling maps, local guide information and, ideally, subscription services direct to customers. This is something that network operators have - at least in Europe - comprehensively failed to do.
Nokia already claims to be the world's largest manufacturer of cameras and portable music players, so can satellite-navigation equipment be far behind?'
@ Jojo,
No probs, pal. Last night we went to a coastal town in Essex called Harwich to pick up a really cheap but good condition 1988-era Yamaha FZ750, which a mate of mine intends to use as a 'runabout' while he slowly does up his ZX7R. (You may remember the pics of it that I posted some time ago.) We got back quite late, so I'll take a few daytime N73 pics of it on Saturday at his place. 
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Does anybody perhaps know where i can find one of these chargers at a reasonable price? They're available from bidorbuy.co.za but in bulk. They're also available from
mplay.co.za but at considerably greater cost.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Funky lookin' portable charger there, Kryptik. Anodised aluminium battery sheath by the looks of things.
Taken with the P900, so please excuse the crappy quality.
Dog washing on wheels...whatever next:
Both  and Nokia phones being bundled with peripheral speakers at the local Tesco superstore:
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
Nokia 5800, Sony Ericsson P1i, Nokia 7600. |
Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Nice pics Wanqa 
Well i was just watching Ugly Betty when and ad break came in as usual but ONE of the ads got me,it was an ad of the latest SE CyberShot phones in SA, and one of the CyberShots is the all new K850!! The ad mainly focused on the K850 but also includes the K550 and K810. Watch out for it everyone! Its a cool ad!
Phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max Black Ti 512GB
Tablet: iPad Pro 11” 2020 Space Gray 256GB
Watch: Series 3 Nike Edition Space Gray
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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I'll keep my eye on Youtube; that ad's more than likely/bound to end up on there soon.
The Nokia N81 is now on online shop Mphone's 'available for pre-order soon' section.
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@pop - H m m m m . . . a 1988-Bike  That's quite an oldie matey . . . I mean, ya think it's still worth buyin' one of that model? Why NOT sell you Suzuki to him  !
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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It's always a good idea to use a handsfree kit when you get behind the wheel 
courtesy of EnglishRussia.com
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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LMAO Kryptik  . That's an oversized Moto V8 there, so must be a very recent photo too.
@ Jojo,
Yup, it's certainly an oldie, but that's kinda the idea. It's literally just a cheapie (only cost 600/$1100/R8500) to get around on while he rather spends money on his far newer ZX7R.
The Suzuki is worth about 4 times that amount mate, and I have no intention of selling it.
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 T39m, T630,P900, Nokia 7600 & N73
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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The HTC new releases are looking mighty fine.Tempted Wangs.Especially the S730 and Shift.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Hobbster,
Ya the S730 appeals, especially its much smaller dimensions than most other HTC heavyweights, plus it has the sliding qwerty keypad squeezed in. Just a pity there's no stylus input on the S710 and S730. 
The S710 is carried by one of the networks here (Orange), as part of their 'SPV' WindowsMobile range. Hopefully they'll also carry the updated version soon too.
As for the HTC Shift, eish boet... it may have the wonders of a Vista Business OS, 30 Gig HDD, 1.2GHz CPU etc, but I could never see myself using a mini-laptop as a phone too..check these dimensions: 190 x 135 x 30 mm... and I'd be keen to find out what the thing weighs too...
Still, what they've managed to cram into those dimensions is fantastic. Gotta love the relentless march of technology in the world of cellphones.
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Hey, SA are doing pretty darn well in the cricket in Pakistan at the moment. Just hope that they don't suffer a 2nd innings collapse...
Congrats to spinner Paul Harris for getting a 5 wicket haul.
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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2nd Innings.What sport is that? Lol 4 hours is all I can take Im afraid.Test cricket must die.lol
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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LOL yeah, it's not quite the smack-o-rama 4-hour fix of Twenty20. Oh how the cricketing purists would crucify us for such statements, LOL.
Still no sign of the K850i at the local Carphone Warehouse store...
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Woohoo! Series 60 are hosting an open function and exhibit in London on 16th October, the same day as the Smartphone Show (strange 'planning'..and it's near the city centre, not Docklands where the Smartphone Show is!), but later in the evening.
The N81, N95 8Gb et al are gonna be there too... methinks the N73's gonna be working overtime this month...
http://www.s60.com/london
Want any N-series testers, S60? LOL.
Mario book your plane tickets dammit!!
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T39m, T630,P900, Nokia 7600 & N73
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Hell, for s60 i may just pull a Trevor Tutu and hop over to the U.K. myself, provided that i can square things with the TRC upon my return
Speaking of cricket, ain't that some record set up by Mark Boucher? Only 4 wickets to go until he hits 400
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