"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>"Snapper" <snapper1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:0357405d$0$3258$c3e8da3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Trevor Wilson wrote...
>>
>>> **Get a GPS equipped 'phone on a plan. Stick it in a plastic bag.
>>
>> Why would you want to do that?
>>
>> GPS phones aren't that great. OK for hiking, perhaps like using a
Garmin
>> Etrex. But for car navigation you need something that can be easily
read,
>> and heard, too. It needs to be able to be sat in a cradle. Do any GPS
>> phones, such as the N95 do that?
>**My 6110 Navigator does all that. And more. I can choose male of female
>voice for directions. The N95 is better still. Bigger screen.
Nonetheless,
>for these 54 year old eyes, I can read the maps without my reading
glasses.
>Of course, the Tom Tom is better, but is not as portable.
Except the phones still have one significant failing when using the other
functions in that they're phones, so to actually use them for a call you
generally can't look at the screen at the same time as talking on a call
without extra devices to help.
And before you mention it, phones with mp3 player capability are illegal
to
use with the music player going and 'bud' earphones in your ears when
driving. 8-)
>> Also, these phones aren't cheap and their plans less so. The N95 for
>> example, requires a subscription in order to download the maps as you
>> travel, and they also accumulate data usage which you also have to pay
>> for.
>**Bullshit. Both Nokias come equipped with maps for all of Australia and
>more (for free). My 6110 costs me $50.00/month with a shit load of 'phone
>calls (over $200.00 worth).
To which network(s) though? All, or just one of the big-three? How much is
the flag-fall per call? On short calls, that's just as expensive as the
air-time charge and it's one of the key ways telco's make their profit
flag-fall is a charge on top of air-time and applies for any 'answered'
call, no matter how short. Could be 1 or 2 seconds, or very long, but
flag-fall is still charged. It's quite a rort!
How much do you get charged to send text messages and to send multimedia
messages? Remember the N series are still basically phones, so regardless
of
what other fancy stuff they come with, at the end of the day they still
require a telco to allow them to use their wireless network, or they're
fairly useless.
>> Whereas a standalone TomTom will have the latest maps and it won't cost
>> you any more in running costs. Sometimes they also have free updates.
>**My 'phone costs me nothing, except 'phone calls. Even better, I can
carry
>it easily in my pocket, use it to make 'phone calls, listen to music,
look
>up address details and a whole bunch of other stuff.
How much music storage? multiple-GB? How many GB? A mobile phone is still
basically a talking device. Without a bluetooth headset or car kit you
still
can't talk at the same time as look things up on the phone.
Craig.
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