Google Maps With Ariel View – A Mini Report

I recently updated my version of Google Maps for my N82 which now includes an ariel/satellite view option, coupled with inbuilt GPS and a network 2/3G connection it works a treat. You would obviously think of data charges when using Google Maps, as the maps/imagery are downloaded on the fly over your network connection.

I decided to put this to the test this weekend, i had the weekend off so i took the family to our holiday home in Cornwall and used google maps in satellite view on the journey down there. It’s a 60 mile drive from our home and should take about an hour on a good day, i started Google Maps from home in satellite mode and kept it going for the duration of the journey which took us about 30 mins more due to tractor traffic!!

The maps downloaded amounted to roughly 5Mb of data transferred through the 3G connection, it would be advisable to have an unlimited data plan if you are going to use this as an alternative to sat nav like Nokia Maps or Tom Tom, even still 5Mb of data isn’t a great deal to have an alternative to the paid sat nav serices.  Using the inbuilt GPS on the N82 and Google Maps was a pleasurable experience, it was quick enough to calculate your position and map sections came in thick and fast over a 2/3G connection.

Blackberry Maps Missing On Orange Bold 9000’s

Punters getting themselves a BlackBerry Bold from Orange are finding the in-built mapping application absent, and are being asked to pay for the Orange alternative despite the original adverts clearly stating the in-built app would be included.

The adverts in question appeared on the Orange website, and used to clearly state that BlackBerry Maps were included on the device, which is advertised as an alternative to Apple’s iPhone. Since punters started complaining that text has been removed from the site, leaving a suspicious gap, but not before it was snagged by one disgruntled customer:

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S60 App – Phone Locator

Ever wanted to know where your phone was when you can’t remember where you last had it, been stolen? Now you can find out by using this S60 app and website to track your phones whereabouts! It’s called phone locator and will work with these phones..

• Nokia N95
• Nokia N95 8GB
• Nokia N96
• Nokia N78
• Nokia N82
• Nokia E90
• 6110 Navigator
• 6210 Navigator
• Nokia 6220 classic
• Samsung SGH-i560
• Samsung i550
• Samsung G810
• LG KT610

Phone locator will send GPS information in real-time to the phone locator website and you can track it’s past whereabouts too.  It can be used on a family scale to track all the phones in your family, so you know whats going on at all times. It’s currently free and you can download it from here………….

http://www.phonelocator.mobi/