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Sat Nav for P800 (symbian Handsets) now available !!! |
rahul
Joined: Mar 12, 2003
Posts: 139
From: To ?
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http://www.totalpda.co.uk/productview.asp?section=2&id=4425
The best thing to happen to my P800 !
Total Gprs costs 5kb - 1 hour = 1p !!! |
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julianmclean
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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Mmmm, sweet. Shame I don't have £300 to blow on this thing!! This would be seriously good if you were doing alot of driving, or even better if you were a motorbike delivery bloke! Mount the P800 on the handlebars and the GPS thingy in your pocket!
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Eleventy7
Joined: Jul 05, 2002
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From: the rotten oasis
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nice touch, but yeah not all people are gonna have £300 lieing around to spend on an upgrade for their fone!
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trixom
Joined: Jun 27, 2003
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I wonder how big the maps are...
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tbl
Joined: Mar 20, 2003
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From: UK - Glasgow
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I would say about 208 x 320 ho ho ho ha ha ha  |
julianmclean
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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As far as I can make out from the website demo and stuff, I don't think you actually get "maps" as such on your phone. I think it just displays generic road layouts, such as a crossroads or roundabout, and gives you your distance from that road feature, and which direction to turn when you get there. This way, you don't need to download maps onto the device (= heavy GPRS charges!!), but what it also means is that as everything is held centrally by the server, the maps should in theory cover the whole country/world? It depends how much of the world the server has mapped, but in this day and age I would expect it to be all of most developed countries.
Seems like a good system to me, very lightweight and gives you enough info - do you really need to see a moving map like in the old James Bond films? If so, are you willing to pay for it?! |
Air
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
Posts: 138
From: Brighton UK
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i just watched the demo and half way through it shows the the phone downloading and displaying a mini map of the route and where the person is so im pretty sure you can download the maps to view.
A tad pricey at £351! |
paulvince
Joined: Apr 12, 2003
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From: Las Pinas, Philippines
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hope someone c_ac_ this....
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Air
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
Posts: 138
From: Brighton UK
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its not going to do you much good with the use of the software but without the hardware... its not like the P800 has a built in GPS!!! It's a great phone.... but its not THAT great!  ) |
Little Jon
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
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No USA maps :'-( |
Ron_L
Joined: Apr 26, 2003
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From: Batavia, IL USA
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This is the Wayfinder product...
http://www.wayfinder.biz/Wayfinder/products.html
It has been pretty thoroughly discussed here:
http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1797
I sent them en e-mail the other day and was told that the P800 version is scheduled to be released on July 31 and that a US version is planned for late this year.
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tylast
Joined: May 06, 2003
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I'd definitely sign up for the US version. |
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Posted: 2003-07-14 16:12
