I don’t need a navigator. But I love the Nokia 6110 Navigator. Nokia scored big with this masterpiece -- a sleek, little magnet to superlatives for its rich features topped by the company’s noble intention to introduce to as many people a navigation-enabled smart phone.
Like I said, though it’s not Nokia’s fault that I almost flunked the orienteering and map-reading courses of my Boy Scout days, I don’t need a navigator.
But I won’t mind going for a long hike just to test the Nokia 6110 Navigator.
Because even to dummies like me, the Nokia 6110’s GPS (Global Positioning System) and AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) can be easily navigated (pun intended).
The Nokia 6110 Navigator features full personal navigation experience with integrated maps, routing and navigation available with the click of the phone's one-touch Navigator key.
The Nokia 6110 Navigator’s primarily want for the consumers to quickly and easily view their current location on the map, search for destinations, find specific routes, or locate services such as restaurants, hotels or shops that are nearby.
With a full turn-by-turn 3D navigation, the Nokia 6110 Navigator suggests the best route to follow to reach a location by car or on foot. Clear instructions by voice guidance and turn arrows on a map ensure finding the fastest way to the destination.
At the recent 2007 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, a Nokia exec was quoted as saying that "location-based experience is among the fastest growing areas in mobile devices. Offering integrated GPS functionality, the Nokia 6110 Navigator will put maps, routing and navigation into the hands of the broadest consumer market world-wide.
"With the Nokia 6110 Navigator, mobile phone owners will be able to enjoy the benefits of navigation in their daily life and enjoy a wide range of location-based services - whether they want to explore a city, search for restaurants, get weather forecasts, or look for travel guides for a weekend trip."
The Nokia 6110 Navigator comes with a local map pre-installed on the memory card ready for immediate navigation. Additional maps and content - such as traffic information, weather services and travel guides - can be purchased online. Additional maps can be conveniently transferred to the phone by using the Nokia Map Manager application.
Of course, I’m just repeating here what I heard and read about navigation. But hey, new features in smart phones never cease to amaze us, right.
The satellite navigation on smartphones, in my humble opinion, could be in demand not just for constant travelers.
Just imagine being able to use satellite navigation by simply switch it on, and, voila, you see your location and exactly how to get to anywhere else.
Looking for a friend’s street adress, hunting for a new job in Makati labyrinthine business district, hotels, fuel stations, hospitals, etc., let the Nokia 6110 Navigator lead you right to them.
While bluetooth GPS accessories have been available for many years, the Nokia 6110 Navigator is one of the first smartphones to provide full satellite navigation that works straight out of the box, so it may introduce a lot of phone users to the world of GPS and sat nav.
Okay, enough about the navigator. Let’s now take a closer look into the many features of this small wonder. Surely, these things would interest you.
The Nokia 6110 Navigator enables fast and seamless access to online information with HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) up to 3.6 Mbps. Emails can be handled in real time by push email, which also supports attachments as well as features a Message reader function to read aloud your emails.
The Nokia 6110 Navigator is an ideal tool for 3G multimedia, enabling real time video sharing and video calls, as well as a 2 megapixel camera with a dedicated capture key, panorama mode, and integrated flash. Video clips can be enjoyed with full screen view, and maps and images are clear and crisp to see on the large and bright 2.2" QVGA screen, offering up to 16 million colors. For extra protection, the camera lens is covered by a protection slide, keeping the images crystal clear.
Based on the world's leading smartphone software S60 on Symbian OS, the Nokia 6110 Navigator enables access to a wide range of S60 applications such as Mobile Search or S60 games for additional entertainment and productivity.
The Nokia 6110 Navigator feels solid in your hand with a sturdy sliding mechanism, and is light at 125g. but comfortable to hold when making calls as the bulk of the weight is in the keypad section. The front and back covers are a glossy plastic, with a matt metallic silver middle section that allows you to grip the phone more easily. The screen is surrounded by a brushed steel frame.The back cover has a brushed steel middle section that covers the camera, part of which can be retracted to reveal the lens and flash.
On the top of the phone there's a charging socket and a 2.5mm audio socket. The left side has a USB port, "My Own" button and hotswap memory card slot. The right side has external volume controls and camera button. The bottom of the phone has a cover removal button.
The Nokia 6110 Navigator is compatible with Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and 3G WCDMA/UMTS (2100). In 3G mode, the 6110 Navigator supports HSDPA networks so you can download data at several times the speed of normal 3G networks -- sometimes referred to as 3.5G. It has external stereo speakers, a built-in FM radio tuner, which lets you listen to normal radio stations, or download all of your local presets from an online database. The gallery application lets you enter the RTSP addresses of internet audio streams so you can listen to many internet radio stations, too.
So you see, I really don’t need a navigator. But I simply love the Nokia 6110 Navigator.
Love it. Want it.
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