Nokia N95 8GB

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:53 pm

Are these GPS in these phones any good? any problems? Since my contract is nearly finished and would like to start hunting for a new phone... have eyes on phones that has GPS in them.
Cheers
AP

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:03 pm

hmm i seem to remember a discussion on phone GPS where this one was mentioned.
think it was alright to

unsure time to search i guess

am also looking at this fone. coz its awesome and i can get it dirt cheap

Post by **Alex** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:04 pm

ive got one.

havent really looked at the GPS yet, but it seems to be more like sat-nav, it doesnt plot where you go etc.

oh, and its an AWESOME phone, inbuilt 8gig memory is great

alex

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:48 pm

I've got the regular N95... not the 8gb.

I am having issues with the GPS taking forever to find the satellites. Nokia reckon its a common fault too... as soon as I get time I will be sending it to them for service.

The supplied Nokia software does not include voice navigation. You have to pay a fair bit extra for that, and given that even when the GPS was working it wasn't that great compared to my brother's Garmin, this simply isn't worth it.

I have used aftermarket navigation software too... although this was after the GPS died and I was using it to see if it was a software or hardware fault. The program I used was called Amaze GPS and it was very slow and unwieldy.

The best features that the N95 has over my old 6280 is WLAN capability, good graphics / gaming capability, 5MP digital camera with decent zoom and long battery standby (3-4 days without much use).

Learner · Post by **Learner** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:41 pm

if you want proper gps get a navman or the likes. phone gps are too recent to be as good. i just got the n95 8g. only because it has a good antenna and great camera/video. haven't tried the gps but i wouldn't rely on it anyway. best to go with maps and gps or if u like adventure... just take ur sense of direction. (when i feel xtremely adventurous i ask my fiancee for directions)

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:37 am

funny how you finds threads like this the day after you buy a new phone....

I really wanted the N95 but they don't have a hardwired car kit available for it so went with the LG TU550 instead. Sadly no GPS though.

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:57 am

brumbyrunner wrote:funny how you finds threads like this the day after you buy a new phone....

I really wanted the N95 but they don't have a hardwired car kit available for it so went with the LG TU550 instead. Sadly no GPS though.

Actually all new phones have a GPS in them:twisted:

some just have the feature exposed (for more $ of course)