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Thread ID: 122199	2011-12-07 04:57:00	Android phone.	Nomad (952)	PC World Chat

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1247538	2011-12-07 04:57:00	Okay, so Nokia has been pissing me off because the language is set in the firmware. Which means there are a few distributed models and each only support a few languages. Like a EU version, US version, Asian and a NZ version. That means the builtin web browser, email client, social apps, text messaging may not display the language you want. Even if someone wrote the shop's name or the person's name in that language. For my travels, I need a offline GPS solution. A no. of places, I would only stay 2-3 nights before flying out of the country like SE Asia. So simcards isn't that ideal. HTC higher models are the only other cellphone that has this to my knowledge. They have HTC Locations (in partner with TomTom). Google Maps isn't sufficient. Caching does not provide routing but more importantly the inability to provide searches of hotels, tourist sites, restaurants/cafes/bus stops etc ... So .. I know the Samsung Galaxy S is a good deal at $450 or the Ace at $350. The HTC cost quite a bit more. The Desire HD is still available but that still cost $500-550. Glad to get some views from you guys ..... :thanks:	Nomad (952)
1247539	2011-12-07 05:09:00	$50 a day plus food and travel costs and I'll carry your luggage and read a map for you.	Metla (12)
1247540	2011-12-07 05:26:00	$50 a day plus food and travel costs and I'll carry your luggage and read a map for you. For that, I would just buy 3G every day.... Thing is I tend to be out walking lots during travels, outside by 5am and till 9pm ....	Nomad (952)
1247541	2011-12-07 05:41:00	The Galaxy S and a lot of other android phones use googles navigator app by default and it's pretty good but it is not offline so it does require a data connection. You can get offline apps but They cost extra and I don't know which are any good having only used navigator myself. I believe the newer galaxy s II might have a better app, and I have heard the $199 LG smartphone spoken of highly for it's default GPS app but I think you'd possibly have to pay for maps if you went outside it's included areas.	dugimodo (138)
1247542	2011-12-07 05:46:00	I think the cheap LG phones uses Google as well. A few might have LG Drive which is a per map/region for about $60NZ. Which again, that would add up.	Nomad (952)
1247543	2011-12-07 05:48:00	The galaxy is the only android phone I come remotely close to liking. The rest are basically trash imo. I like the offline map. Wish every other phone that existed would do that.	icow (15313)
1247544	2011-12-07 07:59:00	This may be naive. I just tried bro's HTC Wildfire. The OS and GUI is diff. Thru the settings, there is a description under neath the settings name. The buttons may be a bit larger, the window might be wider..... You can add shortcuts on the wallpaper in more ways. To me coming from Symbian, while it was different in the approach and that it has more selection of software, at the end it was more/less the same. That is sending a text, reading a bit of news online, Facebook and GPS. What's the sparkle people's been talking about? I found that the m.facebook.com using the web browser on the HTC was like a modified version. While the Symbian had Facebook more/less like the PC version but just narrower ...	Nomad (952)
1247545	2011-12-07 08:17:00	I have a HTC Hero which I bought in 2009. When I was going to travel to a european city I would use an app called maverick and openmap project. I'd connect to wifi and scroll around the city I wanted and the map tiles would remain on the sd card. Then I could use the gps to locate me on the map without using any data. I think the latest version of google maps lets you remember 10 mile maps arround a set point.	afe66 (13778)
1247546	2011-12-07 09:01:00	I have a HTC Hero which I bought in 2009 . When I was going to travel to a european city I would use an app called maverick and openmap project . I'd connect to wifi and scroll around the city I wanted and the map tiles would remain on the sd card . Then I could use the gps to locate me on the map without using any data . I think the latest version of google maps lets you remember 10 mile maps arround a set point . Tried with bro's HTC . The Google Map tile caching works well, heard you can cache more than one but I have not tried personally . Issue for me is that you need the address . When you are caching, you cannot look up a hotel or restaurant and hit go to . Nor can you get routing with text or voice assist . Goolgle map is pretty good with transit assist, letting you know what bus/train/ferry to get on like what number and it tells you which stop to get off then it tells you what next number to get on or how to walk there . . . . But you need a internet connection .	Nomad (952)
1247547	2011-12-07 09:50:00	Yeah you can cache more than one place :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
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