Nokia 5230 with sat nav - Page 2

Peter_ · 30-07-2010, 12:14

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Originally Posted by Pauls9

It may be my imagination, but does yours put on a tetchy sarcastic tone of voice if you miss a turning or think you know better?

No that is just the wife from the back seat.

LondonRoad · 30-07-2010, 12:18

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Originally Posted by Pauls9

LondonRoad: IIRC you're in or near Glasgow? When my wife and I were using Ovi navigation through Glasgow recently, we passed under the M8 and were amongst some tall buildings. The sat nav told us to "as soon as possible, turn round, then turn round." After we both shouted at it and then ignored its instructions, it stopped talking to us until I reinstalled the maps and voice files.

It may be my imagination, but does yours put on a tetchy sarcastic tone of voice if you miss a turning or think you know better?

You're right, it is a bit iffy on the M8 in the city centre. Not even just near tall buildings. If you join the M8 at Charing Cross it tells you it's doing a route recalculation 3 times in the next mile.

I tried using the surfer dude voice coming back from Dundee the other day. It was amusing for a short time, telling me to "Chill, What's the hurry dude", if my accelerator foot got a bit heavy. Eventually it got on my t!ts though.

archie hunter · 04-10-2010, 13:53

I was thinking of getting this phone myself but was wondering about font sizes - especially for texting. I've set my existing phone (Nokia Music Express 5220) to the largest font size but it's still a bit small.
Ideally i'd like to be able to read/compose texts while out and about without the need for getting my reading glasses out every time.

Pauls9 · 04-10-2010, 16:49

I use the large size font - seems pretty good to my (getting older) eyes. Although it would probably be much the same as the 5220. Perhaps have a look at one in a shop?

If you turn the phone sideways, you get a full alpha keyboard. Using the supplied tool makes typing even easier.

Or better still, install the Swype keyboard http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/swype-for-symbian.

These don't change the font size though.

archie hunter · 04-10-2010, 18:37

Thanks for the advice Pauls9

archie hunter · 10-10-2010, 17:32

I'm just about to order my phone but before I do can someone advise re.the Virgin £15 Web tariff ? Is web access free up to 500mb but over this I would be charged 30p per day ?

Osem · 10-10-2010, 18:02

The missus decided against this phone in the end and went for the LG GT540 Optimus which she's very happy with. The google maps/sat nav is excellent and IIRC the screen is a bit bigger than the Nokia. The Optimus wasn't available on Virgin at the time but we got it from Carphone Warehouse (all their phones are unlocked) and then stuck a Virgin SIM in it. She is using the £5pm web access add-on which gives up to 1gb pm. Thus far she's never used more than about 20% of her monthly allowance so it's proving a good deal.

Scrubbs · 10-10-2010, 18:42

We have gone for the payg on the 8p a min 30 p a day with 2 5230