Nokia N95 - The Navigator (Smart2Go)

[Rafe]

In the first in a series of reviews, in which we will be looking at different aspects of the N95, Steve assesses the GPS navigation features. This also forms a review of Nokia's Smart2Go navigation and route finding software which is available for all S60 3rd Edition smartphones.

Read on in the full article.

[Orophin Anwarunya]

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You don't have permission to access /cms/The main difference between a standard S60 or WinMob smartphone running Smart2go and Nokia Maps on the N95 is of course that the latter version is tightly integrated with the N95's built-in GPS receiver. Yup - you read that right - it's built-in, so no messing around with (or charging) a separate Bluetooth GPS. I'm not entirely sure exactly where the GPS antenna is, but Nokia do say to open the keypad for best performance and this is borne out in practice. on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.allaboutsymbian.com Port 80

i just got that error. anything wrong, or is it just me?

[chrsfrwll]

Nope, I couldn't get it either, with the same error.

[Rafe]

Now fixed. I hope. Sorry about that. Looks like some image URLs got bunged up.

Hello Rafe. Very good review of the N95 GPS. I would like to know what happens if you try to zoom on Malta (Europe). Is there a map for Malta? Is it possible to insert custom maps in the smart2go application?

Thank you.

[Rafe]

You can't insert / install your own maps (that is non-Nokia ones).

As for Malta - checking - yes it looks like it is covered. Seems to be showing all of the streets in Valetta, but they dont appeared to be named. I'm afraid I dont know Malta well enough to really comments. I don't think navigation is supported though. Will try and find a complete list.

BTW Steve did the review (though we did compare notes, I've been doing the music focus, should be up tomorrow).

Thank you for answering so quickly. Many people in Malta would like the N95 (including me) and allaboutsymbian is a great site. Navigation is not the most important for us but since the country is totally dependent on tourism its a shame that our country is never included in GPS navigation software. Hope that an average detailed map is available on the N95 (at least that shows the main roads).

Thanks again and on request ofmany other Maltese people can you post some screenshots of malta as shown on the Maps application?

[desertrat]

and Nokia, if you're reading this, please use some of your Smart2go navigation revenue to upgrade your servers. Pretty please.

If they changed it so that you download one file per country/map instead of the thousands of files that you currently have to download they wouldn't need to upgrade their servers. Setting up an http connection is relatively expensive (bandwidth and time) in comparison to the tiny size of file being downloaded.

[Rafe]

Here you go. As I mentioned street names are not shown and it looks like its all floating on water (no land drawn in).

Wow... you were very helpful. Map looks OK, maybe they upgrade the maps in a not so distant future. I will stay in touch for more news of the N95. Thanks again.

What about the gps accuracy? I heard it is less than or equal to SIRF II gps recievers. Leaving out the satellites position, is the accuracy around 20m, 30m or 50m?

Also, is it able to use Glonass, Geo and IGSO satellite systems?

hi
thank you for the very helpful informations. I have only one question: is the N95 works with other (e.g. iGO) navigation softwares?

[N/A]

If other navigation software developers release new versions that use the built-in GPS, instead of assuming they can only talk to an external Bluetooth GPS receiver.

Great Post, good details and a winning combo.
Released Tomorrow (2nd April 2007) at last.

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Hi,
I see that you mounted the N95 in a Renault. I was wondering where the best place to get a air vent holder like in the picture would be? Last time I tried one of those it didn't fit the Renault vents at all!
Thanks.