<div>As I should have known the opinions vary :)</div>
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<div>most ppl seem to think the GPS is only more or less there. I have a pretty decent GPS bluetooth device that will stay in the car. Pressumably the nav software would let me use that rather than the nokia built in?</div>
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<div>Beoynd GPS reception and battery life (it will be on the car charger in the car) is the nav software any good?</div>
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<div>Also has anyone been succesful in calendar/contact sync with linux?</div>
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<div>Cheers<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2008 4:27 PM, Christopher Hunter <<a href="mailto:chrisehunter@blueyonder.co.uk">chrisehunter@blueyonder.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 12:58 +0000, Chris Jones wrote:<br>> Hi<br>><br>> Christopher Hunter wrote:<br>> > No - the battery life's appalling whatever you're doing with it.<br>><br>
> I've not charged mine since Friday and the battery is still half full.<br>> I can easily drain it in a few hours if I sit outside and read a bunch<br>> of google news via wifi, and I'm certainly charging the thing more than<br>
> my previous phone, but the phone is significantly more capable.<br>> Over the weekend it's been sitting idle, or playing mp3s (either through<br>> the headphones or via the external speakers while I got ready for work<br>
> this morning). I don't think there are any fair tests here and everyone<br>> wants more battery life.<br><br></div>That's contrary to my experience - the THREE units I tried would seldom<br>last for more than about 36 hours without a recharge!<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> > I found that the GPS receiver is really "deaf" and wouldn't work in most<br>> > parts of London.<br>><br>> I've used it successfully a few times to navigate my way home to south<br>
> London in the wee hours, and whenever I'm bored and fiddling with it<br>> while waiting somewhere in Central London it has acquired a lock (this<br>> being with the V 20 upgrade. I agree that before that it was pretty piss<br>
> poor because it would require you to stand still for 5 minutes to get a<br>> lock).<br>><br>> > cheap (£25) bluetooth GPS receiver that talks to my PDA in the car. It<br>> > works everywhere in London, just left on the dashboard of the car!<br>
><br>> You mean that a dedicated GPS device works well when given a clear view<br>> of the sky? Colour me not-particularly surprised ;)<br><br></div>My point was that the cheap GPS receiver would work where the Nokia<br>
simply wouldn't.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> I don't have a car, so I don't care about using the thing for navigation<br>> other than on foot where speed is not of the essence, but I have been in<br>> a cab where the driver was using one for directions (perhaps with an<br>
> external GPS unit though).<br>><br>> > No. The FM receiver is largely useless - it has poor sensitivity and<br>> > selectivity is a joke - tuning to Radio 4 in North London allowed you to<br>> > hear BBC Radio London as you moved about.<br>
><br>> I listen to the Radio 4's Today programme on the bus to work every day<br>> and it's fine right up to when I get into the lift at work and the doors<br>> close. It's worth noting perhaps that Radio 4 appears twice in the<br>
> listings for London, one of which is much nearer to some other radio<br>> station than the other.<br><br></div>Being an ex-BBC engineer, I know these things. Radio 4 for London is on<br>93.2 MHz from Crystal Palace, and on 93.5 MHz from Wrotham (at much<br>
higher power). When tuned to 93.5 MHz (the stronger signal here in<br>Muswell Hill), moving around allowed BBC Radio London and a number of<br>local pirates to interfere with the Radio 4 signal I wanted to hear.<br><br>A quick bench test with a couple of signal generators suggested that the<br>
receiver in the Nokia (and I tried two of the three I had) had VERY<br>broad tuning. In South London, nearer to Crystal Palace, the receiver<br>found it impossible to discriminate between BBC Radio London (94.9 MHz),<br>
Capital Radio (95.8 MHz) and LBC (97.3 MHz), rendering it completely<br>useless.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">><br>> > No. It's too quiet in many environments, and is very poor quality.<br>><br>> I disagree - it's louder than my SE was, and the speakerphone is better.<br><br></div>Maybe I got THREE faulty ones. They were a real disappointment.<br>
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