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GPS navigation on mobile phones

By Jeremy Roche on 21 July 2005

Topics: australia, navigation, gps, whereis, hw6515, gprs, pocket, 2003, hp, bluetooth, pda, phone, pc, windows, mobile, megapixel, ipaq

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  nick commented on 30/06/2009 13:08 Report abuse

  regarding the Garmin GPS and other country maps - i have a Garmin Nuvi 265W with Australian maps - and i've just bought the europe NT maps from Gramin's website - and it worked brilliantly when holidaying overseas. they basically send you a SD card with the europe maps on it and you plug it in and "voila" it works. I think you can also get a CD - but then you have to download and install it onto a SD card. Note it took a week for the SD card to arrive - you can't just download the files.

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  Anonymous commented on 05/05/2009 16:13 Report abuse

  Hi, I decide I wanted to buy a portable GPS for both work and overseas holidays. I looked into it a bit and found that garmin is a pretty good brand. I was thinking of maybe buying a garmin nuvi 265WT or garmin nuvi 760.The main reason for my purchase I want to be able use in oz from day to day whilst travelling to work as well as portable handheld, providing me maps of other cities overseas whilst backpacking. I understand you can buy whats called garmin city navigator NT maps from the garmin website of other countries, such as europe, north america & canada, china, south east asia, south africa, russia, brazil,etc.
  
  But I wasn't saw if all these maps were only compatible on certain models. Do all the city navigator NT maps work on one or both of these model types or are both they only compatible in oz & nz?
  
  Thank you.

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  haris commented on 22/01/2009 02:25 Report abuse

  cool

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  PANHARITH commented on 26/08/2008 16:31 Report abuse

  I woulk to use my mobile phone (Sony Ericsson P1i) as the GPS Nivigation

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  Leo commented on 13/01/2008 17:25 Report abuse

  Guys, dont you think Mio A712 fits the bill wonderfully? seems GR8, on the face of it, esp with Wifi, 3.2 MP Cam, GPS and a big 2.7" screen. Best of all, around $380!!!

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  samyip commented on 24/10/2007 02:05 Report abuse

  How can I use GPS for Nokia 5700 Xpress Music

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  komin007 commented on 16/10/2007 19:48 Report abuse

  super

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  cinda commented on 13/07/2007 13:26 Report abuse

  how do u do load the map for gps on a nokia n95?

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  Darryl commented on 28/12/2006 13:59 Report abuse

  A cheaper option would be the Nokia E61 which is GPS capable if you don't mind purchasing (or already have access to) a bluetooth enabled GPS receiver.

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  davewortho commented on 04/09/2006 22:41 Report abuse

  I have a HP6515F which does have a built in GPS. The unit is sound and can be used when vehicle mounted. In fact, a charger with craddle are essential as the GPS does chew through the power when using as a hand held unit. The antenna is built in. It does come with software installed but i haven't used it since checking it out. I have utilised "Oziexplorer CE" and downloaded all my RASTER maps from my laptop (which also uses "Oziexplorer"). It then becomes a colour GPS with tracking etc. In fact it has many of the functions a GARMIN 76C has. You have the added bonus of using upto a 2GB memory card to load all of australia onto the GPS, or use it as a MP3 player. Worth a look if you need both a PDA/Phone/GPS. Price is dropping as I have seen it for $879 from 01SEP06 (and that is in Darwin which is always expensive) Hope this helps