tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426492.post8318400004913740691..comments2024-02-05T13:30:34.490-05:00Comments on Michael Jennings: Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426492.post-24472464647211810482007-05-27T10:32:00.000-04:002007-05-27T10:32:00.000-04:00Yes. I have been running Copilot software under Wi...Yes. I have been running Copilot software under Windows mobile, and the issue is the same. It's great for navigation when I am driving. The pedestrian mode shows where you are on a map and gives a straight line to where you are going, which is useful but not clearly the main function the device is designed for. More thought needs to be put into it. <BR/><BR/>I haven't tried Nokia's own navigation and mapping software. I would be interested in doing so, although not perhaps at the present price of an N95. I will see what an N95 or similar costs when it is time for a new phone in a year.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426492.post-33076593233209156602007-05-26T06:40:00.000-04:002007-05-26T06:40:00.000-04:00I agree about GPS. The nice thing about having it...I agree about GPS. The nice thing about having it in a phone is that it works while on foot. But the software vendors haven't quite made the most of that aspect yet: Tomtom has a "walking route" option but still manages to get confused when you leave the road or enter a pedestrianised area. Things will improve. There is some software that plots your location on an Ordnance Survey map that I've yet to try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426492.post-40457909848986048192007-05-24T19:09:00.000-04:002007-05-24T19:09:00.000-04:00I don't have personal experience of the N series N...I don't have personal experience of the N series Nokias. I know some people who like them. By reputation they certainly appear to be less buggy than the P series Sony-Ericssons. The N95 definitely does win as the highest spec phone out there at the moment. (I am curious to see how the Motorola Z8 does though. It does sound impressive). Personally I have had a couple of Windows Mobile phones. I have one with WiFi, and also one with GPS via Bluetooth. WiFi doesn't really do it for me. It is very power intensive, and if you have 3G and HSDPA as well, I am not sure it really gives you that much extra (except in hotspots in foreign countries when you have ridiculous roaming charges). GPS is absolutely a killer app though. It is a terrific thing to have, it is hugely useful, and I am sure a huge number of phones will have it within a year or two.<BR/><BR/>After a couple of weeks I am still very pleased with the K800i though. If it had GPS and HSDPA rather than simple UMTS I would consider it to be just about the perfect phone. <BR/><BR/>(Well, that and an easily accessible SIM, anyway).Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426492.post-80131246191788843822007-05-24T16:47:00.000-04:002007-05-24T16:47:00.000-04:00I have an N80 and get on pretty well with it. I u...I have an N80 and get on pretty well with it. I use it for web browsing (it's the first browser on a phone I've seen that handles any web page without wierd formatting); PDA; navigation (Tomtom and a bluetooth GPS); and even to make calls.<BR/><BR/>The built-in WiFi comes in handy when there's free WiFi out and about. Mostly though, I use this at home. It means I can connect to the little Linux box I use as my music player, and choose songs to listen to from my phone's web browser.<BR/><BR/>It seems fast enough, and the high resolution screen is nice.<BR/><BR/>If I bought another phone now, it would probably be the N95, which is an N80 + built-in GPS and a bit smaller.<BR/><BR/>I agree about the SIM cards, though.<BR/><BR/>And regarding roaming and business models, see here:<BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6682835.stm<BR/><BR/>Argh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426492.post-3422350550369296202007-05-24T14:44:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:44:00.000-04:00I have read Nokia has apparently forbidden its emp...I have read Nokia has apparently forbidden its employees to refer to phones as phones: they are apparently now "Mobile computers". (Can someone confirm if this is true. If so, silly. Most people have traditionally liked their phones much more than their computers, although this is perhaps changing).<BR/><BR/>Sony-Ericsson has got the upper mid market right. Their phones are good phones, and their additional features are well enough set up that they are useable. The branding and consumer-electronics savvy from Sony has clearly worked. Apparently their Symbian smart phones are a buggy mess though. (Confession: I haven't used one). Oddly, the best reviewed recent Symbian phone seems to be from <A HREF="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/17/media_monster_motorola_mobile/" REL="nofollow">Motorola</A> - I wouldn't have predicted that either. On the other hand, Motorola does unexpected things from time to time. The RAZR was a truly stunning piece of design for 2004, and nothing before indicated that Mototola was capable of it. (Of course, nothing since has, either).Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426492.post-18113994186631076612007-05-24T09:42:00.000-04:002007-05-24T09:42:00.000-04:00I got my K800i last year, replacing a Nokia that w...I got my K800i last year, replacing a Nokia that was three years old and also fairly state of the art when I got it. I get these things because I always for some reason seem to think I might use the fancy stuff, then I don't. I hardly ever take pictures with them, for example. What I like about the K800i, therefore, is it's loud enough to actually have a conversation whilst walking along a busy street (e.g. to inform my wife that I am on my way from the office to the U-Bahn) The Nokia was almost inaudible if there was any background noise at all. It's a <I>telephone</I>, dammit. I need to be able to hear the bloody thing. Nokia have lost their way badly if they have forgotten their fancy little pocket computers usable as telephones.AlanLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820194790550072204noreply@blogger.com