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[Martin_1962]

Actually not the phone but the software.

Wanted to check the maps so the software kindly wiped them and failed to download new maps as the server is dodgy.

Manually downloaded UK and copied it in (only took a day).

Map software cannot find maps and wants to download them, which it can't as the server is U/S.

What a bunch of useless incompetent tossers!

Looks like I will need a satnav now

[Kevin Wood]

Hence Nokia are going down the pan fast and have resorted to suicidal measures (doing business with M$).

[Martin_1962]

Hence Nokia are going down the pan fast and have resorted to suicidal measures (doing business with M$).

Looks like our next phones will be Nokia too.

Appears Android ones are not listed in the options.

Looks like it is time to buy a cheap sat nav.

[Shelby]

Personally, I have never had anything but Nokia's and have always found them to be good for my needs.  Never really used the maps on them that much though, I would much rather plan it before I leave the house and have a good old paper atlas in the car incase of emergencies.

[Martin_1962]

Used it a few times - just wanted new maps so the naff OVI program removed data without having new data available.

[Kevin Wood]

Personally, I have never had anything but Nokia's and have always found them to be good for my needs.  Never really used the maps on them that much though, I would much rather plan it before I leave the house and have a good old paper atlas in the car incase of emergencies.

Yes, me too. But if I wanted a smart phone instead of just speech calls and SMS it would be a different story.

[jereboam]

I was just in Tesco - they do a Blackberry Curve for £15.50 a month, it seems.  That seems very cheap to me - anyone know anything about it?

Meanwhile, I love my SE W995i, even if it is decidedly not smart.  May have to fork out £40 to activate the built-in satnav in the next week or two, as I no longer trust the one in the car - these days, it's got a worse sense of direction than my wife, which is saying a lot.  And the two of them argue all the time.   

[Lazydocker]

Personally, I have never had anything but Nokia's and have always found them to be good for my needs.  Never really used the maps on them that much though, I would much rather plan it before I leave the house and have a good old paper atlas in the car incase of emergencies.

Yes, me too. But if I wanted a smart phone instead of just speech calls and SMS it would be a different story.

That would involve you knowing where your phone actually is half the time too

[rbrueford]

I have had nothing but Nokias since the 3210 was the highest spec phone you could get. Have had a Nokia N8 since just before they were officially released and i have to say, totally impressed with everything on it except the occasional freezing, swithing off then back on again.
Dropped it off to Voda who sent it back to Nokia 3 times, who flashed it and sent it back yet still the problem persisted. Voda then sent a strong email to nokia demanding they replace it (which they did yesterday with a refurbished model)
Maps on it is as good, if not better than many of the satnavs i have used (i pay an extra £2.50 a month for that) and never sent me down a dead end yet lol. One of the best cameras i have ever seen on a phone yet, all the apps are used (with exception to the tv ones, phone aint for watching telly lol)
Will agree though that the future for Nokia is somewhat muffled at the moment, maybe the move with MS will push them back where they once were.

[Martin_1962]

Don't try to update the mapping software - keeps failing at present

[rbrueford]

Funny you say that, when i got the refurbished unit back yesterday, first thing it told me when i switched it on was the updates, one of which included the ovi maps update. Would not download at all but the good thing with Voda and the N8 is that i have both Voda travel and Ovi maps so shall be using Voda for the time being should i need it.

[pscocoa]

Very happy with Nokias but do not use them for Sat Nav in car - have used Ovi maps as walker without problem.

I have not had Martin's problems on updates.

The VW's love Nokia as the in car system is Nokia built - "remote sim access profile" RSAP and I have been very happy with this on Phaeton

[Kevin Wood]

Personally, I have never had anything but Nokia's and have always found them to be good for my needs.  Never really used the maps on them that much though, I would much rather plan it before I leave the house and have a good old paper atlas in the car incase of emergencies.

Yes, me too. But if I wanted a smart phone instead of just speech calls and SMS it would be a different story.

That would involve you knowing where your phone actually is half the time too

Eh? :-/

It's.. Erm..  Well, I've got a whole cupboard of them here. Some of them might be getting collectable now. Nokia 2110 anyone? Motorola Micro-Tac? Remember Sendo, Bosch, Panasonic? Nokia 9000 Communicator?

[jereboam]

The one on the left is an Orbitel.  The three on the right were all sitting on my desk for some reason.  I think there may be some more around somewhere - seems a pity to throw them away.

Talking of which, while searchng for a misplaced piece of holiday equipment just now, I came across a box which, amongst other things, contained a Zip drive.

I really must have a clearout some time

You can't see my W995 - I used it to take the picture

[TheBoy]

Serves you right for having a dead end phone. Nokia lost their way years ago, with their best phone being the 6310i.

Kevin Wood - Microsoft were Nokia's best chance, Due to no direction for the past few years, daft decisions with Symbian development that meant nobody else would licence it, and a desire to get a Linux one working not for the right reasons, have left them as a has-been behind everyone else.  Apple, MS and Google have the market sewn up. Apple won't licence, had they have gone with Google, they would have been just yet another Android maker (and probably uncompetitive), so were left with MS.

Gooseberrys - don't bother unless you have a need for the Enterprise features that RIM offer with remote provisioning and control.  With the ease of use of iOS and Android now, and the tools now available for provisioning, many corporates have started to move away from Gooseberrys with their expensive BES setups, thus RIM are in a desperate fight and aggressively chasing the consumer market in order to stay afloat.  They don't work that well without BES to be honest, so don't make a good consumer phone, when compared to the current cream of smartphones (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7 (and WebOS to a lesser extent)).  As Tesco flog Android based phones on PAYG for £60, you'd have to not have all your dogs on one lead to go down the Gooseberry route...