Shrimpsvoices

Bargain at £100 - only couple months old (includes 3 covers and headphones) ...looking for quick sale as new phone been purchased for my birthday last week. Anyone interested can contact me on 07792046758 or pm me on here - genuine responses only please !!

with phones like this, that have GPS, if you download Google maps, does it work as a sat-nav or do you have to pay for the data you receive?

just comes out of your mb usage keith

shrimps1970 wrote:just comes out of your mb usage keith

That's what I thought may be the answer. I don't need sat nav on the Isle, its not too hard to learn! When I'm off Isle, you have to pay for all the data you use and it is at a high rate (like using data when you are abroad). If I could find a decent phone that could have the maps downloaded on to a memory card, and used in the same way as a normal sat nav, that would be perfect for me and my occasional need for sat nav.

if anyone is interested I will sell the phone for £80 as looking for a quick sale !!

You'd be better ebaying it mate.

One here with 6 hours to go, and its at £125 !

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Sony-Ericsson ... 2eb12768fa

I would be happy selling between 80 and 100 on here if anyone is interested

I would take it but get my cash on Tuesday 100%

and would offer £100 for this

essex_shrimp wrote:I would take it but get my cash on Tuesday 100%

and would offer £100 for this

He said genuine offers only

if anyone is interested in the phone I will have it with me at work tonight all boxed up and ready to take away. thats at white cross reception opposite the hospital

shrimps1970 wrote:if anyone is interested in the phone I will have it with me at work tonight all boxed up and ready to take away. thats at white cross reception opposite the hospital

Were you not moving to Blackpool mate recently? Or have I dreamt that, or did it not come off in the end ?

It's got to be said, I keep confusing this site with a football forum, but with all the tat people keep trying to flog on here you have to wonder sometimes.

Morectalk wrote:It's got to be said, I keep confusing this site with a football forum, but with all the tat people keep trying to flog on here you have to wonder sometimes.

As long as threads are clearly marked, so readers know that they are opening an non-football related message, then I have no problem with people trying to sell stuff, promoting businesses, talking politics etc. I do spit the dummy a bit when multiple off topic threads appear that are on the same off topic subject (like three X-Factor threads!) but generally its not a problem. I can even live with 'X-Factor 39' having a different thread to 'X-Factor 38' et-al.

Now, download maps on to a memory card then use the GPS in a phone for a free sat-nav. Does such a beast exist?

shrimps1970 wrote:if anyone is interested in the phone I will have it with me at work tonight all boxed up and ready to take away. thats at white cross reception opposite the hospital

i might be interested but what network is it with?

Now, download maps on to a memory card then use the GPS in a phone for a free sat-nav. Does such a beast exist?

Nearly. There's a few free satnav applications (I only know those for iPhone) but they rely on a data connection. There's non-satnav applications, i.e. GPS apps, which can download map areas wherever there's a connection, i.e. wifi at home, but they only provide a direction, not navigation (check out motion-x).

The free satnav apps use http://www.openstreetmap.org/, I've tried some and I've deleted them all. Not even close to picking decent routes, yet.

it can be used on any network because I bought it from carphone warehouse. and yes I have moved to blackpool

Phone will be sold at my first price of 100 pound ...first come first served - phone can be picked up from white cross reception tonight between 21-00 and 09-00. Text me or pm if interested

BUMP

any takers for the phone .. its still available

essex_shrimp wrote:I would take it but get my cash on Tuesday 100%

and would offer £100 for this

PM DL JT !!!

PHONE SOLD TO SHRIMPER....can you contact me shrimper please as I have sent you pm regarding phone

shrimps1970 wrote:PHONE SOLD TO SHRIMPER... I have sent you pm regarding phone

Well that's silly, he hasn't picked it up yet...

Gnasher wrote:Now, download maps on to a memory card then use the GPS in a phone for a free sat-nav. Does such a beast exist?

Nearly. There's a few free satnav applications (I only know those for iPhone) but they rely on a data connection. There's non-satnav applications, i.e. GPS apps, which can download map areas wherever there's a connection, i.e. wifi at home, but they only provide a direction, not navigation (check out motion-x).

The free satnav apps use http://www.openstreetmap.org/, I've tried some and I've deleted them all. Not even close to picking decent routes, yet.

It's very rare I need one because I'm happy with a map but occasionally it would be handy. For example, earlier in the year I was in London and got caught in a wrong lane that took me on to a dual carriageway. I ended up totally lost, going past Lords (north of river) trying to get to Battersea (south of the river) on a dark wet night, using only my sense of direction and stopping at a couple of petrol stations to look at an A to Z!

You haven't said what phone you have. For an iPhone, I didn't realise Navfree used downloaded maps

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/35878/n ... one-satnav

I've got a Nokia Xpress Music at the moment, not sure if/when I'll upgrade. Sure (part of Cable & Wireless) have dropped prices for broadband if you have a mobile contract, so I can have a £10 contract & broadband for the price of my current broadband. The £10 tariff has free mobile broadband so I'm tempted.

Gnasher wrote:You haven't said what phone you have. For an iPhone, I didn't realise Navfree used downloaded maps

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/35878/n ... one-satnav

Keith wrote:Now, download maps on to a memory card then use the GPS in a phone for a free sat-nav. Does such a beast exist?

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/t5/ ... d-p/769260

D'oh! Not only does 'such a beast exist' but I already have it! By default it tries to download data to improve the speed of the functionality but if set correctly, it works for free using Nokia maps and "GPS" instead of "AGPS" (Assisted GPS).