Think Ill be going for the XDA Orbit II at the end of the month.

http://www.gsmarena.com/o2_xda_orbit_ii-2180.php



3G, GPS & a big enough screen

Yep!

The spec looks spot on;

Windows Mobile 6 Pro
3G + QuadBand (3.6Mbps)
GPS with TomTom maps
Large screen with touchFLO
WiFi/Bluetooth
3.2MPX camera + front camera


Has anyone tried Google GPS yet? Quite looking forward to it

Just waiting for o2 to launch the Orbit II, hopefully end of the month.

Already have my package agreed - 1000 minutes (+unlimited to o2), 1000 texts, unlimited data (I think its a 200mb fair usage cap per month) & insurance for loss/damage/theft all coming to 42 quid a month.


I was looking at the Sony Ericsson P1i as well as I used to have the P800i and P900i although the Orbit seems to wipe the floor with it.

If Nokia had given the N810 a 3G chip Id seriously be considering it over the Orbit though!

Bump.

So I went to Carphone Warehouse today and ended up getting the Nokia N82 phone spur of the moment, the contract is a little better than what I was on with sh*te-mobile, so all is good.

The guy in the shop was very confusing about the GPS capabilities, saying that you could use it as satnav fine, but the GPS + maps needs a subscription, which I dont quite understand. Can anyone shed any light on this?

they DID give the GPS away for free for a short while, but now you have to pay to get the service.  Annoying, but it was bound to happen.

Ill stick with my Garmin then I guess!

You use a roll of toilet paper instead of a mobile phone? Get a good reception? :mutley:

This gist of it from some guys blog:

  1.  The route finding is only visual by default. You have to pay extra for a voice-prompt service, on a subscription basis I believe. I’m not sure I like that model much. As an in-car navigational aid it is pretty useless without voice prompts. To navigate on foot, though, in a strange city, it is perfect. Having such a facility always on your person “just in case” would be really useful. However, see below…
   2. The maps are downloadable. The phone comes with very little, and when you browse to a new location it downloads the maps it needs. It can do this over WiFi, which is good because the maps are going to be quite large and it would be expensive to ship them over GPRS (or 3G?). So, if you know you are going somewhere, you’ll want to browse there in advance to make sure you’ve got the maps. If you don’t know you’ll need it until you find yourself lost, then I’m afraid you’re stuck with downloading a few MB of maps. It seems to download in smallish chunks, which is either good or bad depending on your point of view. I’ve just gone browsing around Manchester, which I’ve never looked at before, and pulled down about 2MB of data. On the plus side, I guess this means you can get map updates for free…?

So the GPS is a complete novelty now. A bit disappointing, not that its the reason I bought the phone but it would have been nice to be able to retire my satnav and have it all in one were it any good.

Love the phone other than that

(yes i am aware of the bugs lol)
Liam

Try a can of raid applied liberally - that normally sorts out bugs

Failing that take off and nuke them from orbit, its the only way to be sure

This gist of it from some guys blog:

Quote

  1.  The route finding is only visual by default. You have to pay extra for a voice-prompt service, on a subscription basis I believe. I’m not sure I like that model much. As an in-car navigational aid it is pretty useless without voice prompts. To navigate on foot, though, in a strange city, it is perfect. Having such a facility always on your person “just in case” would be really useful. However, see below…
   2. The maps are downloadable. The phone comes with very little, and when you browse to a new location it downloads the maps it needs. It can do this over WiFi, which is good because the maps are going to be quite large and it would be expensive to ship them over GPRS (or 3G?). So, if you know you are going somewhere, you’ll want to browse there in advance to make sure you’ve got the maps. If you don’t know you’ll need it until you find yourself lost, then I’m afraid you’re stuck with downloading a few MB of maps. It seems to download in smallish chunks, which is either good or bad depending on your point of view. I’ve just gone browsing around Manchester, which I’ve never looked at before, and pulled down about 2MB of data. On the plus side, I guess this means you can get map updates for free…?

So the GPS is a complete novelty now. A bit disappointing, not that its the reason I bought the phone but it would have been nice to be able to retire my satnav and have it all in one were it any good.

Love the phone other than that

The new version of tomtom should hopefully solve all this, its novelty-ish for now until this comes out.

I have Holland and UK installed as im going to dam next w/e so I think it will be pretty handy

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This gist of it from some guys blog:

Quote

  1.  The route finding is only visual by default. You have to pay extra for a voice-prompt service, on a subscription basis I believe. I’m not sure I like that model much. As an in-car navigational aid it is pretty useless without voice prompts. To navigate on foot, though, in a strange city, it is perfect. Having such a facility always on your person “just in case” would be really useful. However, see below…
   2. The maps are downloadable. The phone comes with very little, and when you browse to a new location it downloads the maps it needs. It can do this over WiFi, which is good because the maps are going to be quite large and it would be expensive to ship them over GPRS (or 3G?). So, if you know you are going somewhere, you’ll want to browse there in advance to make sure you’ve got the maps. If you don’t know you’ll need it until you find yourself lost, then I’m afraid you’re stuck with downloading a few MB of maps. It seems to download in smallish chunks, which is either good or bad depending on your point of view. I’ve just gone browsing around Manchester, which I’ve never looked at before, and pulled down about 2MB of data. On the plus side, I guess this means you can get map updates for free…?

So the GPS is a complete novelty now. A bit disappointing, not that its the reason I bought the phone but it would have been nice to be able to retire my satnav and have it all in one were it any good.

Love the phone other than that

The new version of tomtom should hopefully solve all this, its novelty-ish for now until this comes out.

I have Holland and UK installed as im going to dam next w/e so I think it will be pretty handy

Make sure and select the avoid students and beggars option on ALL routes.