penfold118

Hi Just ordered the N70 & would like to no if any one has used the Tom Tom 5 application on the N70, if so is it any good ? What sort of price is it ? (found it for £200 on the tom-tom site, sure there must be a cheaper option?)

Thanks

ronjeramy

iTrader: (1)

have a look on ebay

penfold118

Cheers, just had a look, there is one for £74.99. I am going to E-Mail a couple of the people that have bought them and see if there any good.

Stephb1986

I have the nokia n70 but never put sat nav on it yet thinking of getting rid of it, its pooh

penfold118

heard mixed reports on the N70, heard start up is slow and battery life isnt great, but a lot of people said it was the best phone ever, guess its a bit of a marmite phone.....!

BuRR

Depends on the firmware.

I flashed mine to v5.0609.2.0.1 and found a great improvement.

It's never going to be as nimble as a S40 handset, but I think that for a S60 handset it's pretty good

gazbrook

Could you translate that into english please .

How would I "Flash" my N70?

Cheers

penfold118

Hi Burr, that sounds great but for the dummies on here how do you flash your phone and what would you gain by doing this ? Cheers.

penfold118

How you findin the phone ? Heard so many mixed reports on the N70 !!!

BuRR

http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/Unlocking/nokia.htm

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I had TomTom on my N70, it worked but conked out occasionally and the screen was too small, bought a Garmin C310 from Halfords for 200 quid, miles better.

N70 is ok, can be a bit clunky, buttons a bit too small even if you dont have Sausage Fingers, slow to start up but how often do you actually turn it off ?

Stephb1986

i dont turn mine off but have noticed when i first got it that when it rings it will start normal and then go slow like theres something wrong with it the same has happened with my step dads. anyone else had this problem?

penfold118

Also heard it picks random ring tones ?

BuRR

Absolutely no problems here... none at all.

GaryCat

I run tomtom on my N70. It's OK as long as you don't have POI's (points of interest) enabled. If you do it crashes from time to time.

Lots of info here, but basically make sure you have the latest firmware.

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum...ad.php?t=42665

stiscooby

My brother is thinking of getting the N80, he was talking to a guy today at Vodafone who said the battery life isn't great as he has to charge it every day and if your bothered about the camera it doesn't have auto focus so it can be hard to get a reasonable pic.

Does anyone fine the battery life this bad, I would have thought the battery life should last longer than a day or so???

Stephb1986

i charge mine every other day but it depends on how much you use it

penfold118

Battery life seems to be pot-luck, the reviews seem to range from 1/2 a day to 5 days ! Does any one no if its a one of charge for Tom Tom or if you then have a monthly charge on top of that.

Also heard you can get TV on it !!! is that correct ! ?

penfold118

Well after a few days with the phone I really like it, havent had to charge yet ( on 3rd day ). Havent had any probs with ring tones or texting, but it did take an age to start up. Going to wait a little before installing Tom-Tom.

Jaydee5

Patience

penfold118

LOL, somethin like that Jaydee5, waiting for some advice first......

Jaydee5

BuRR

Upgrading the N70 firware guide --> http://nokia.dogtoe.com/

HKSubaru

found it easy to use and does the job on my N70 but then again it does lose gps signal sometimes at the start, bit slow in london but that could be said for other tom toms maybe(not sure).

Cheap option but then again a proper tomtom is better as i just bought the new one aswell.

penfold118

Just back from Le-mans and got 4 days out of the battery and got some OK pics and vids on it.....

BuRR

Firmware updated again, and the bluetooth connection is rock solid

Quite like this TomTom Malarkey on my phone

Stephb1986

my N70 is **** im gettin rid of it at the weekend i cant be dealing with it im getting a blackberry instead

jbryant

Can I do this from a Vodafone firmware, or does the phone need to be unbranded first - I have a 'Vodafone N70' that is unlocked so I can use my O2 card, but it's covered with Vodafone Live rubbish. Was expecting to have to send off to unbrand to funfoneshop or somewhere similar, but can I do this myself instead using these instructions?

Thx
Joolz

PS. Love the phone - get 3-4 days easily on battery with light-medium use.

BuRR

Yes - you can. Just choose the ppm file (and CNT) for the branding of your choice.

stevem2k

cheers , just flashed mine to v5

Install of the software is a bit of a faff , and the flashing process is the longest 5 mins of your life but it got through with no issues.

Restored the config backup taken before starting and no loss of data / contacts either