Nokia 6110 Navigator
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- kev
- P%S
- 07 May 2008
Hi everyone. I hope I can shed some light on this phone for people contemplating a purchase.
I must say I love Nokia phones, their Symbian S60 series phones are very nice. I previously owned a Nokia N70 before this phone, and a Nokia 6600 before that, and before that was a Nokia N-Gage. All of these phones were Symbian phones. The S60 3rd edition is a lot more stabler, and very quick compared to the likes of even the N70 (S60 version 2.0) which got very sluggish after taking so many photos and videos. The 6110 Navi is just okay for taking pics and videos, as its not an N-Series the display on the screen is a lot brighter, but when you actually view the picture on a pc or big screen, there is a lot of noise and static, as the lens isn't as good and tries to cope without as much light.
All in all, I'd say its a decent phone, having used a Tom Tom GPS prior to buying this phone, the GPS function does have its limits, sometimes its a bit fiddly to try to get to another destination in between your current position and your final destination. You basically have to set a 'TRIP' instead of normally navigating to an address or saved landmark. Another gripe with the phone is that the actual call quality I get on my Navi is quite muffled compared to my N70. Couple that with the not-so-solid construction and you get a bit of a squeaking case when you're pushing the keypad buttons or even just holding it next to your ear during a normal phone call. This is really annoying for the person you're talking to, as the squeaking gets amplified because the microphone is inside the casing, and the buttons are a bit clickety, compared to the softer push action of the N70. Imagine the person you're talking to is on a 6110, and they want to punch something into the calendar while talking to you.. They start pushing the keypad buttons as they're entering text, and it sounds like they are wacking a table with a ruler. REEAAALLY ANNOYING. When I first got the phone, it frequently resetted on me while using the GPS, but I upgraded the firmware and everything was fine after that. Another gripe, more to do with Symbian than the phone itself, is that you can't perfectly transfer all your SMS and MMS texts and messages from an S60 V2 phone to a V3 phone. I have tried this, and it appears to work, but then the phone freezes after you've turned it off or reset. I had a heap of SMS messages saved from my N-Gage, 6600 and N70 and wasnt able to port them over to this.
Also, with new S60 V3 applications, they must have a signed certificate or something. Most of the time when installing a new application, you may get an expired certificate error. In some cases this is easily negotiated by changing the date of your phone, installing the application and then changing the date back. Some applications however just won't work, as they require deeper functions that the phone needs a proper Symbian signed certificate for. I'm no expert on this, but used to use the excellent program FExplorer on my N70, but haven't been able to get the new FExplorer 3rd edition to work on my Navi.
Its a nice looking phone, decent size screen, light sensor so the keypad glows when there isn't much light, and its my first slide phone. The slide can shoot up accidentally when slipping it into a pocket now and then, but this isn't a major thing. The position of the Navigator key on the front just under the directional pad though, is a bit too close to the pad, maybe I have fat fingers, but sometimes you're racing around the menu and bang, you accidentally hit the Navi key and she starts to go into the GPS mode. This takes about 5 seconds to exit, as the splash screen appears and then goes to the map allowing you to exit after that.
For all the perverts and voyeurs out there, NO you can't turn off the shutter sound when taking photos, something which I used to love about my N70 and previous phones - No i haven't stalked anyone.... recently.
Battery life as far as I can tell is pretty good, although I have a nice little car cradle which is just for the 6110, and allows you to slide her up and still hold her in place at the same time, allowing you to punch in numbers, etc and I have a cigarette car charger that I hook up to it when in the car. The charging port is on the top of the phone, a little strange seeing as I'm used to the charge port on the bottom.
The display of the phone is very clear, and has much better resolution than the N70, although as I was saying about the actual pictures before, they look a bit grainy compared to an N series.
If you're looking for a decent phone and a GPS in one, this is an OK choice. (I hate carrying around an array of gadgets) I am hopeless with directions, so I really needed a GPS, and I still have to part ways with my N70 which I am still keeping for now in hope that I can transfer my message across before I sell her off. Good size phone, lots of functions as usual for the S60 phones, nice and quick, GPS works well if you can get used to it and overall probably around an 8 out of 10. My dream phone is probably an N95 8GB or a Nokia N93 or N93i, as I dream about the thought of having 3X optical zoom on the 93's and VGA quality video. If I can be of help to anyone just email me. Cheers kev
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- manje manje
- Nhd
- 06 May 2008
i have just orded dis fone, and after reading all the good and bad of it i decided i continue with my upgrade and take a chance, but hope to ge advice from the people that have one, god bless who hav one
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- nadine
- N7$
- 06 May 2008
sorry to hear about the phone giving u so much trouble but with all phones you will get a few duds. I worry about upgrading software so has any1 had success with that? Also for the string address in nav leave out the words street and road. Just put in the street name, number and area. If i already said this sorry but my last comment didn't upload.
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- Tash
- PNb
- 06 May 2008
You need to turn the Assisted GPS (AGPS) off for the browsing to be free - it does come preloaded with all of the maps. AGPS generally helps you lock onto a satellite faster as it downloads more information about your location, hence the download charge.
If you just want to use the preloaded maps, then turn it off, be patient and wait for the map to load (can take a couple of minutes sometimes).
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- Gizmo
- vCx
- 05 May 2008
Can anyone tell me how to delete multiple messages on this phone?
My phone is rubbish, freezes, restarts, turns itself off, screen blacks out but keypad still works all sorts of problems.
TERRIBLE PHONE!
Fortunately I have a U700... Keeps me out of trouble and in business
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- Deno
- RtJ
- 05 May 2008
Hi
I just got my 6110 not to long ago and I was blown away by the GPS it locked onto a Sat in less than 5 seconds. However, after upgrading the software to V4.22 it now fails to lock onto a Sat as fast. At times it will never lock on, other times I have to close the Navigator and reopen it a few times until it locks (while doing so I did not move from my current postion)
I am from SA and I have turned off AGPS but it doesnt seem to have made much of a difference.
Has any one else noticed this?
Thanks
Deno
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- Adam
- 2C5
- 05 May 2008
Hi, I just purchased this phone through optus and they told me to use the maps it costs 1.5 cents per KB, capped at $9 for 5mb. I thought if the maps are preloaded it was free. Anyone pay for using the maps on this phone? Thanks
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- nadine
- N7$
- 03 May 2008
had time to play with this phone nav is great but sometimes takes awhile to load. Casing does feel weak and should have been made better and sometimes i have to say hello twice b 4 i'm heard. But i got it at a good price and an happy with it. I'm typing this on the phone :-).
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- profosat
- TuE
- 03 May 2008
Hi. I'm just wondring whether I can upload different maps (from differant sorces except the orig. CD) in this phone or not. thanks a lot.
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- raj
- TRa
- 02 May 2008
I"m very happy i bought navi no problems till now i'm enjoying lot,what a classic music,even it beated n73m in music,,,,,,,,,,,,very cool enjoying
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- taryn
- NaD
- 29 Apr 2008
that would be software problems. the navi has alot of them.
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- Khethiwe
- NHU
- 29 Apr 2008
It's a good phone,dont have much problems about it. But now and then it says it doesnt have enough memory must delete some files while it's not full,one day I deleted almost everything but it kept on ssying that. Can anyone help?
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- Nadine
- N7$
- 28 Apr 2008
mumof5: I wanted to use my memory card cause it had my music on and was 1GIG, I used the Nokia Map software found on the CD that came with the phone, transfered the maps to my computer, put in my other memory card and transfered the maps the phone again, they were saved directly to the memory card. works fine.
Does anyone know if you can lock the keypad without having to open and close the slide? Sometimes I use the phone without opening the slide and have to lock the keypad by opening and closing it again.
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- ime23
- vu8
- 28 Apr 2008
mumof5: I have no luck still the maps where loaded on the memory card already i downloaded maps again from the link someone posted here and replaced them still no luck. :(
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- Nadine
- N7$
- 27 Apr 2008
Ok, i bought the phone and love it. a bit of info for peeps in South Africa on price, look at cacell and exactmall, price is currently under R3700, or go to nokia's website and look for retailers, i found one down the road from me via nokia's recommendations for R3350 vat incl all networks and a 2 year warranty with nokia.
To remove the AGPS (you get charged about 1c per 3-5min) got to Settings - Phone settings - General - Positioning - Positioning methods - as far as one of the posts go only intergrated GPS should be ticked. Just tested it and seems to work fine.
I had the samsung F300 before this one, the Nokia has a louder speaker and other options, camera and video is a lot better plus screen quality is wow. i don't mind the 2MP camera because i have a digital but it's good enough. i'm still learning about the phone so can't say much else.
take a look at nokia's site on your phone for free content like a wellness diary etc.
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- mumof5
- 04$
- 27 Apr 2008
HELP! When I bought my Navigator, I tested the phone (not the nav application) in the shop using my old memory card. I was confident that the map of the country I bought it from is already in the phone NOT IN THE BUNDLED MEM CARD! So, I didnt mind the memory card that was in the box and now i've lost the thing. Does anyone reckon that if I go back to the shop, they could perhaps transfer the contents of that memory card from one of the Navigator boxes there into my own memory card? and if they do, will the thing still work? If it won't it shouldn't bother me much cos I didn't buy the Navigator for that. It's such a good phone, i bought it for its form factor, being an S60 3rd and its speed. But it will be nice to have the navigator working on a detailed map. So i'd like to know has anyone of you transferred the contents of the bundled memory card into your own memory card and if it worked. Thanks.
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- Umm Khawla
- 04$
- 27 Apr 2008
ime23: make sure that you have the map loaded. it should've come with the fone's memory card when you bought it. i did that terrible mistake of leaving the memory card as i had my old one and cos the salesperson didn't tell me that the map was in the pack's mem card - i reckon that's why i get the same error as u. still have to load the map though - hopefully that solves it.
the alarm of nokia 6110 navigator will set off even if it's turned off when the alarm time comes. i think most, if not all phones have that feature
to change the message alert tone:
go to menu>settings>profiles (choose the one u're using)>personalise>message alert tone
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- Arsalan Mureed
- u1v
- 26 Apr 2008
Hey...this is the best phone now........
it has softwares...everything u want.....
just enjoy it...
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- Anonymous
- NaD
- 26 Apr 2008
Can information on Navi GPS (Route 66) be updated and if it can, how do I do it?