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Sat Nav for mobile phone
I posted the following in the Mobile Phone forum but then noticed this forum which is probably more suitable.......
Sorry I am new here !!! "Excuse my ignorance on this subject - I spent a couple of hours Googling last night and feel pretty much none the wiser ! I want to put a Sat Nav system on my phone (preferably something from the TomTom range). There are several things I don't understand (or got confused about last night when reading Google stuff). 1) Do I have to have a 'Smartphone' (not even sure what a Smartphone is) or will my normal mobile do (I have just got a Sony Ericcson K850i) ? 2) Seeing a lot about bluetooth GPS receivers. Do I need to buy one of these as well or has my phone got this built in ? 3) When looking at the TomTom range which package do I get for my phone (getting confused between all the different types) ? Could someone please give me answers to the above and a general idiots guide to what I need to have/get and how to go about installing it. Many thanks in anticipation. " |
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Fat chance of a Sony having a built in GPS receiver and I doubt even the most basic TomTom would work because it wants Windows Mobile ideally. It won't work basically.
My advice: Buy a Pocket PC with Phone Capability and Windows Mobile with a GPS package for it with the Bluetooth GPS adapter. Or of course, buy a proper TomTom GPS. |
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Thanks Teh User.
Looks like I'll be buying the actual TomTom GPS unit then (was hoping to get away with a cheaper option) !!! Cheers for your help. |
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I run satnav on my C500 phone.
Paid £55 for it on orange. |
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I run satnav on my C500 phone.
Paid £55 for it on orange. This samsung (windows mobile 6) phone looks excellent: http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.u...i640-2997.html And I can recommend from personal experience the 02 XDA graphite and the Vodafone 1210 (exactly the same phone, but the vodafone branded model doesnt have a camara and is about half the price of the 02). -Chris |
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That is a seriously old phone now though. I wouldent recommend windows mobile 2003 even to my worst enemy !
This samsung (windows mobile 6) phone looks excellent: http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.u...i640-2997.html And I can recommend from personal experience the 02 XDA graphite and the Vodafone 1210 (exactly the same phone, but the vodafone branded model doesnt have a camara and is about half the price of the 02). -Chris I'm picking up an M700 in January because of the touch screen capabilities but will probabably keep the C500 because of its compact size. |
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hi, i use a nokia 6630 smartphone with tom tom sat nav and a bluetooth gps receiver, the phones about 3 years old now but i leave them in my centre console charging all the time and only use them when needed, never failed me yet.
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