ANother n95 8gb question

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Been having a lot of fun with this phone , this is the second time i've had it and im bemused too why i sold it the first time now

So is there a way of preloading all Irish and Uk maps on the phone ???

Is there any other good apps for it ?

Bob the Builder

I've never been able to get the gps working on that phone. What the hell was I doing wrong?

Sam Vimes

afaik there's a program called nokia map loader that lets you download them onto your pc

seanybiker

you can get tomtom for it on some sites and it works like a charm

MackDeToaster

Here's an alternative link to the Nokia Maps. I don't run Windows so can't use Loader.

http://nokiamaps.site666.info/

Random

Couple of apps here - http://www.powermyphone.com/applications.php

My UK / IE maps came preloaded with my O2 one, but map loader is the way to go.

rotinaj

Get google maps form the google mobile website. Works much better than Nokia maps

MackDeToaster

Oh yeah, apps for navigation..

Nokia Maps - great maps and detail, but you've to pay for routing and guides and no matter what I tried, car routing took forever to calculate if it worked at all. The rest of the time it insisted I was offroad and showed me ten yards away in a field. I've tried various versions and maps, reinstalling maps, cleaning the data cache, etc etc, everything, but nothing worked. I now just use it as a paper type map at which it's superb, if that makes any sense, ie not for gps type car routing navigation. The advantage over Google Maps is you can download all the data on a pc or whatever, bang it over and not have to pay for data charges. I've currently got all of Europe copied over, something like 1.6gb and it's well worth it.
I'm looking forward to trying Version 3 once it comes out on the N95, soon hopefully.

Sygic McGuider - This looked ok, the maps seemed reasonable but I found the routing to be awful, it led me completely astray lots of times so I got rid of it.

Garmin - The driving view just looked weird and it was incredibly slow so I dumped it, more money gone, sigh.

Navigon MN7 - This has worked pretty well. Good maps and routing. The UI is simpler than others but this is just a matter of personal preference as it still has most, if not all the of features you'll probably need.

CoPilot Live 7 - A close call between this and Navigon but the UI clinches it for me. Great maps and fast as hell recalculating routes, I love it.

Tom Tom used to have a Symbian client but I think it's discontinued now. I think Route66 is also available but I haven't tried it.
There are also some freeware type apps, there's one in particular which I tried and which was good, but it depended on downloading maps as you go which isn't all that feasible here, let alone bearing the cost of data roaming charges if you're travelling outside of Ireland :eek:

Random

d3mon24 wrote: »

Get google maps form the google mobile website. Works much better than Nokia maps

With Google Maps you're constantly downloading though. This probably makes it more accurate and more often updated but it also can cost a lot in terms of data and battery life. Also not ideal when roaming, again due to data costs.

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I got Garmin XT now installed , great app.

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Random wrote: »

Couple of apps here - http://www.powermyphone.com/applications.php

My UK / IE maps came preloaded with my O2 one, but map loader is the way to go.

How do you install the cinema one and also the wep application ?

thund3rbird_

Sarge wrote: »

I got Garmin XT now installed , great app.

+1

Random

Sarge wrote: »

How do you install the cinema one and also the wep application ?

Load page on your phone, Download & run/install.

Are you having problems ?

seanybiker

Sarge wrote: »

I got Garmin XT now installed , great app.

i have that meself alright, not installed at the moment though. Anyone want it lol. I put TomTom onto my phone just because you can get funny voices with it lol.

coldfire1x

Sarge wrote: »

I got Garmin XT now installed , great app.

Where did you find Gramin XT?

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Random wrote: »

Load page on your phone, Download & run/install.

Are you having problems ?

Sorted cheers thanks

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coldfire1x wrote: »

Where did you find Gramin XT?

Cant say

coldfire1x

Hmmmm.... you want to keep all the good stuff to yourself

Sam Vimes

coldfire1x wrote: »

Hmmmm.... you want to keep all the good stuff to yourself

i think some of the links on this page might help you:
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=download+garmin+xt&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

not the garmin.com links though

coldfire1x

^^ thanks a lot Sam

Will have a look in the evening to find a working one.

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I couldn't say , Been the moderator and all couldn't possibly be linking to site where you can download the application for free , Enjoy when you find it. Im still have a great fun with it.