Posts tagged Symbian

The Nokia E90 has not received much attention here lately. There’s a simple reason for that: in comparison to the constant loading and unloading of different applications I went through on the Windows Mobile platform, the E90 has all the software I need built-in. It’s become a workhorse for real tasks, and is not much of a toy anymore.

Google Maps for the Symbian platform provides a useful feature that makes it worthy of mention: geo-location by means of the cellular phone network. Of course, the same application is available for Windows Mobile platforms too.

Traffic information is for the US only, but the My Location is handy, especially if your device doesn’t feature a built-in GPS. A blue dot or circle appears to indicate your phone’s approximate location. In both the standard map view

and the corresponding satellite view

Overall, zooming in is quick if you have a 3G or HSDPA connection active. The accuracy is based on a triangulation calculation, so an inaccuracy exists on the calculated location, up to 1km from the phone’s actual location. That’s not too bad for general use. I wouldn’t rely on this to pinpoint something important

Point the browser on your device here, then download the application to discover where your phone is.