Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 8172608)

lol - that other site wasn't much unless you fancy watching Mole Men Against Son of Hercules! :D



Your actual TomTom unit, if it's new, undoubtedly has things like IQ Routes in it, which changes the way it'll send you according to traffic patterns, the time of day and the day of the week. I have a TomTom 720 in my car and Sygic Maps on the iPhone and have found them pretty similar.

Originally Posted by caliburn (Post 8172341)

I have been using my Nokia E72 for three weeks now and am perfectly happy with it. Here's some of my observations:

* Its blazing fast due to its 600MHz processor
* Using the keyboard is a joy, nice feedback
* 5mp camera is decent in bright light, below average in low light
* Same goes for video
* Camera's LED light works as a torch also which is handy
* GPS signal lock is really fast, better than my Garmin Nuvi GPS device
* Loudspeaker is below average
* Battery life is really good
* Its got a compass and accelerometer which may come handy someday
* Decent front camera for video-calling
* Its got a tiny touch pad, good for scrolling up/down, focusing camera
* Feels solidly built and looks decent
* More stable than most smart-phones I used before
* Internet is quick
* It comes with blackberry-like push email built in, called Nokia Messaging which worked well for my gmail and hotmail

Some of the additional useful softwares I have downloaded/installed are:

* Google Maps - very nice, includes street view for Australia
* MetrO - public transport network routes for 400 cities worldwide
* Qik - for video sharing
* AnsMachine - customisable answering machine
* Simplified - for tracking my stock portfolio
* Handy Safe - for storing all my passwords
* MobileDialler - SIP client for internet calling
* Here and now - location sensitive information of interest
* Wellness diary - health info tracking
* Best dictaphone - conversation recording
* Call cheater - cheat the caller re your location!
* JoikuSpot - turn your E72 into a wifi hotspot
* Facebook - tailored for Nokia
* YouTube - it really works nicely
* OperaMini - a handy and economic brower
* Skyfire - another useful browser
* Fring - for Skype calling
* Palringo - combines all kinds of chats, facebook, skype, googletalk, yahoo and you name it.
* Movolo - for flight planning
* Finanz - good for loan/mortgage installment calculations
* Bloomberg - finance news and analysis

Good thing is that most of these softwares are either free or freely available!

Originally Posted by Professional Princess

My phone arrived today by courier - my god its nice, I love the keypad.

Now I just need to find a nice leather case to go with it, Vodafone havent got any cases for it.

Originally Posted by Professional Princess

Excellent info - thank you so much for that:thumbsup:

Is it difficult to get Facebook on the phone? I have 1gb of internet, how do you download facebook if its tailored for Nokia and Youtube etc. Ive never used my phone for internet before.:o

Originally Posted by Swerv-o (Post 8172651)

What does the linux desktop look like on your big TV? I have been toying with buying a big TV, but want one that will be good for games and desktop use.

TVs have changed radiaclly since I last bought one, and I'm not really sure what I need. Plasma? LED? LCD? There are some reasonable deals around with a free Xbox 360, so I was planning to snaffle one of those...


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Originally Posted by caliburn (Post 8173949)

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.3; Series60/3.2 NokiaE72-1/021.024; Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/525 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 BrowserNG/7.1.19424)



I was also looking for a nice leather case
for my E72 and have opted for the one that is made by Nokia itself, case model no. is CP-391. It gives adequate protection to the phone and looks classy too, though a bit pricy..... £15. PDAir black silicone cases are decent cheaper alternatives but they will not protect it agaist accidental drops.

Originally Posted by caliburn (Post 8173959)

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.3; Series60/3.2 NokiaE72-1/021.024; Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/525 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 BrowserNG/7.1.19424)



There is link to Nokia's OVI store on the p
hone itself, on the Menu page. You will have most of the software here for free and they are all compatible with E72. Let me know if you have any difficulty installing.

Originally Posted by Centurion (Post 8171111)

Of course you could just have the tom tom app (or any sat nav app) on your iphone instead. Worth knowing about. I put a satnav for London on my iphone and when I arrived back there, hey presto off and going in the hire car in 1 min.

Originally Posted by quoll (Post 8175403)

Did that cost you a fortune with data roaming? Did you still have your Aus provider's sim in it? I'm off home shortly and that sounds like a good idea.

Originally Posted by caliburn (Post 8175416)

PP, this is a valid concern and I wish I knew the answer. I suspect some software connect to the internet in the background and you never know what personal information they are sharing with others. I guess you can reduce some risk by installing software from known and reliable sources/companies only. Also, go to the "settings" section of any software and turn off any "automatic updates". Many softwares will give you options for connection to internet accesspoint such "connect automatically", "this session only" or "always ask" etc. and obviously I would mostly choose the last option. Hope it helps to some extent.

Originally Posted by Professional Princess (Post 8175973)

Well my new sim card is being activated now, Im keeping the same number but my old one is a bit tatty.

I wonder how much of your allowance the automatic updates take up? Oh god, I have purchased and internet hungry monster with an insatiable appetite for updates.:eek:

Its a nice phone though....:o

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 8172608)

I have a TomTom 720 in my car and Sygic Maps on the iPhone and have found them pretty similar.

Originally Posted by quoll (Post 8175403)

Did that cost you a fortune with data roaming? Did you still have your Aus provider's sim in it? I'm off home shortly and that sounds like a good idea.

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 8176235)

I was looking at a review for Sygic on Cnet....it got a good score but they said the GPS performance in the city was poor, fine outside the city - I guess you'd have experience of both - how have you found it? Tom Tom for iPhone gets a pretty terrible review, poor GPS performance in the city and the burbs - is this more the iPhone's problem or the app?