NOKIA 5800 EXPRESS MUSIC

I must admit, I do like Nokia Maps, I have really got used to having some navigation software on my phone. If i’m ever lost, either in the car, or walking I know I can fire up Nokia Maps and I’ll be alright. Don’t get me wrong I love Google Maps too, but I love the turn by turn navigation that Nokia Maps gives me, the thing is Nokia Maps isn’t perfect. Not at all, the routing is fairly good to it’s credit, but I find it a bit ‘naggy’ – it’s telling me to do stuff when I don’t need to know. It can be prone to crashing, searching on it can be very hit and miss, the UI is appalling and annoyingly on the 5800 – there is no landscape mode and the ‘touch’ aspect is decidedly lacking.

I’ve spent some time with a new piece of navigation software that is available on S60 3rd and 5th Edition (also Windows Mobile), called NavMii, and i’ve been pleasantly surprised.

NavMii is Sat Nav software that has a ‘GeoFriend’ capability, meaning you can send your friend your location and their NavMii will navigate them, or vice versa. Obviously this is fairly dependant on your friends having NavMii installed. But an interesting touch never-the-less.

NavMii is available for £45.99 and this entitles you to the software, support and one years worth of updates to the software. A years licence for Nokia Maps (at time of writing) is around £52.00, so it’s cheaper than Nokia Maps, but is it better than Nokia Maps?

The short answer is yes, and i’ll explain why

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