Phone-GPS Xmas Pressie-Help Please

Ginger83

Hi I'm looking for a little help,when it comes to the latest in phones I'm very confused.
My girlfriend wants one of those touch screen phones for christmas,I was going to get her a sat nav as she mentioned it before. She is on the meteor network as prepay. Are there any touch screen phones suited to this with one of those GPS units. Thank you

Perfect fit

nope

only phones on meteor with with satnav are thenokia navigator and the n95, only touch screens are the tocco and viewty so afraid not

Ginger83

Ok am I screwed or do I have other options?
Would it be possible to buy a sim free touch phone with GPS? or does that sound stupid

Perfect fit

nope afraid not there is no touch screen phones out there with gps on the irish market

Alanstrainor

Perfect fit wrote: »

nope afraid not there is no touch screen phones out there with gps

What are you on about?
Theres the samsung i900 omnia with touch screen and gps.
The lg renoir has gps and a touch screen.
They're the only ones i can think of now...oh and there's the nokia 5800, but you wont find them easily in Ireland as they haven't been released here yet.

strecker

Alanstrainor wrote: »

What are you on about?
Theres the samsung i900 omnia with touch screen and gps.
The lg renoir has gps and a touch screen.
They're the only ones i can think of now...oh and there's the nokia 5800, but you wont find them easily in Ireland as they haven't been released here yet.

Glad you said that!

Tallon

Bad info....

There are loads of touch screen phones out there with GPS.
I have the Palm Treo and the gps / sat nav is really good on it. plus its a touch screen pocket PC

http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treopro/

javaboy

Another option is installing TomTom or one of the other satnav applicatons onto a non-GPS phone and using a separate bluetooth GPS module.

Advantages:
Gives you a lot more choice in which phone you go for
Phone battery life will last longer
Phone will be less bulky

Disadvantages:
Need a separate unit for GPS but you can keep that in the car anyway
Need to keep separate unit charged (some have solar charging which is handy)
More hassle in setting up at first. You'll need to buy a GPS module and navigation software.

Perfect fit

well i was talking about the irish market and a palm treo i would have more considered a palm pilot then phone so apoligies never came to mind.

the omnia relies on network too which wont be supported by meteor until 3g is properly rolled out unless your in a 3g area already then your sorted

mkennedy

Perfect fit wrote: »

nope afraid not there is no touch screen phones out there with gps

Heh.
HTC alone have probably got a couple of dozen touchscreen phones with gps knocking around at this stage.

Perfect fit

mkennedy wrote: »

Heh.
Between Nokia and HTC alone, there's probably a few dozen phones with gps knocking around at this stage.

Nokia gps yes, touch screen and gps no

. . .and again htc, i was only talking about the irish market

manaka

Hi Javaboy,
Good info. What phone woule you advise if I am looking for a decent camera, multimedia, I like my office applications like word, excel, (and be able to edit then) pdf files etc. music doesnt bother me too much, i like the techie gps stuff. is it wise to go pay monthly for something like the iphone3g im from donegal so i dont know what the 3g reception woud be like, would i be better off going for something simpler and get a palm tx? im not that business orientated, student orientated doing an online course! What do you mean by a bluetooth module in above? upload tom tom to phone, then something about a module? whats that? thanks for info mate!

Tallon

What do you mean the irish market? Mine is working perfect with meteor, vodafone and O2

mkennedy

Perfect fit wrote: »

Nokia gps yes, touch screen and gps no

. . .and again htc, i was only talking about the irish market

Yeah you're right about nokias and touchscreens- i tried to ninja edit my post to exclude them after re-reading your post.

But tbh i'd say there's a growing market for phones like HTCs/high-end samsungs/Treos/omnia/etc etc in Ireland now.

Perfect fit

that new nokia 5800 has gps but as the other thread says might be a bit hard to get, looks like a great phone tho

Ginger83

Thank you all for the replies. Would any of these be available on the meteor network?

Alanstrainor

Ginger83 wrote: »

Thank you all for the replies. Would any of these be available on the meteor network?

You can buy them unlocked from sites like
www.expansys.ie

javaboy

manaka wrote: »

Hi Javaboy,
Good info. What phone woule you advise if I am looking for a decent camera, multimedia, I like my office applications like word, excel, (and be able to edit then) pdf files etc. music doesnt bother me too much, i like the techie gps stuff. is it wise to go pay monthly for something like the iphone3g im from donegal so i dont know what the 3g reception woud be like, would i be better off going for something simpler and get a palm tx? im not that business orientated, student orientated doing an online course! What do you mean by a bluetooth module in above? upload tom tom to phone, then something about a module? whats that? thanks for info mate!

Tbh I'm not the best person to advise on what exact phone to get. My own phone is only a lowly Nokia E50 without a camera.

Here's a link to Tom Tom's Navigator software for PDA/mobile:
http://www.tomtom.com/products/category.php?ID=2&Lid=25&selector=true

There's a few different options there; some have GPS receivers included. There are other alternatives for software and you'll be able to get GPS receivers for far less on ebay or some online retailer. The GPS module itself acts as a link between a non-GPS phone and the GPS satellites. It connects to the phone via bluetooth.

It's a more complicated option than buying a phone with built in GPS but like I said, it widens your options a bit when it comes to phone models and may work out cheaper.

manaka

thanks for that java, i will check out that website. so you think that i could upload tom tom software to nokia e65? hmmm...must check for one of them gps receivers. thanks again mate

Lobster

Do phone operators charge for using GPS? I'm thinking of going for the N95

javaboy

manaka wrote: »

thanks for that java, i will check out that website. so you think that i could upload tom tom software to nokia e65? hmmm...must check for one of them gps receivers. thanks again mate

The E65 would be fine I reckon. It's not listed as one of the compatible phones though on the TomTom website but then neither is mine and it works fine.

The more I think about it though, if you're going for a high end phone with touch screen etc. anyway then you might be just as well off getting one of the phones with integrated GPS. It probably won't add that much to the price.

Good luck with it.