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I was listening to Tony Delroys program and he was talking to “the gadget guy” about mobile phones and I rang up and added my two cents worth. The discussion on mobile phones and mobile phone gps was interesting to say the least. Nokia charge for their NAVTEQ GPS system, which is a real pain you need to pay about 100+ dollars per year for the voice prompts and map updates, interesting to note that this is indeed about the average someone who used their tom tom or navman extensively would be paying to update it each year. Whilst quick to point out the nokia phones have this feature he brushed over the nokia navigator (actually I had to ring in and raise it) the navigator is designed for people that use GPS a lot its cheaper than the more expensive N70 and N95. It costs about 500+ to buy outright, the only issue is that Telsra in their infinite wisdom have not included this on their next g network. But more fool them as optus roll out the 3g network why wouldn't you look at this phone.

The maps are upgraded by the route66 mapping service, and yes occasionally they are out dated but most of the time is pretty cool for navigating your way around. I was not confident about traveling in sydney but when i got this phone I was happy to do it. The other thing to note is the speed alert on the phone it tells me when i go over the speed limit and that is a bonus