ok guys... good news
i got official GPS battery time for N82...
from my own testing kekekeke

Fully charge + 2 calls and 2 sms + GPS = last 4.5hours with additional 1bar of battery left and not low battery warning yet

not 45minutes or 2hours...
it can lasted 4.5hour!!! at least!!!
i assume around 5hours if put the handphone to offline mode
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later will write small review on N82 GPS, Malsing map and Garmin XT

As promised, here is some tips for N82 GPS user...

Small note on N82 GPS

1. Battery can last ~ 4.5 - 5 hours
2. Integrated N82 GPS have frequent "Lost Satellite Reception". It happens after using more than 2hours, or bad weather, or on heavy tinted windscreen, or inside the tunnel ~ suck!!! dammit
3. Lost Satellite Reception normally able to reconnect in less than 10seconds to few minutes... lucky or worst might lost the satellite forever Shut down/Restart the phone will not help on reconnection... nothing much u can do...
4. I found AGPS not so great on N82 , after Lost Satellite Reception it is harder to reconnect. Better stick with GPS only
5. Once you experience lost satellite reception, u can expect u will get another 30-50 connection lost... %$$##&**^%%$()*&&^.... this mean time to rest


Small note on Malsing maps

1. Work very well on town and city
2. The maps are not details as expected on rural area (dont expect much)


Small note on Garmin

1. If the system prompt "Turn Right/Left after 600meter", u better use your own judgment, intelligent, and some road sign to decide yourself when to turn. As the GPS Update sometime will lag for few second and might cause u to miss the turn. On highway, u r as good as dead...
2. Dont cancel recalculate route!!! else u need to reselect your destination.
3. Dont use Garmin route if u know which route to use. Like going to Kelantan, the system will try use the coastal road. If u know you can reach Kelantan via "Gua Musang" road. U must select Gua Musang first and change it to Kota Bharu on the second half of the road.
4. The car something on the road will heading opposite direction and will cause the garmin to "recalculate" the route. This happen quite frequently.
5. If the GPS lag for few minutes (yup! this is really long), garmin will recalculate again... annoy
6. On 7:05AM Garmin will turn to day mode... 7:25PM Garmin will turn to night mode

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so much for today... if i can think of something... i will continue write/edit on this post

what kind of GPS model you are using? and how much??

i have actually tested N82's GPS around KL before going outstation, it is very smooth as you said...
but once outside KL, things goes terrible wrong...
"Lost Satellite Reception" (**&&* this word till now is in my dream

well overall having GPS still great, it manage to bring me to the destination i never been in my whole life
you just need to use little common sense and some sign board along the road, GPS is jus an assistance...

with this i already save some buck on the maps

another note Malsing POI is really interesting, there is a section with landslide around Jan 2008, thank to our JKR the road still close till now as on Aug 2008...

the POI, at least help me avoid 2 accident!!! NO JOKE!!!
those "Under Construction Road" POI is a thumb up
thank you Malsings!!!

Note my setting is ~ zoom to 2km scale (more than 3km u wont see the POI) and i set the POI as medium size

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chicaman, please combine with my malsing note... thanx

This post has been edited by lucaswjk: Aug 14 2008, 03:44 PM

how much is this unit?
i think the oni drawback is the bluetooth...
N82 wont have enuf power to keep track of this unit
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seriously, im thinking N82 GPS is not really suitable for traveling...
good for GeoTag on photo or on pedestrian

anyway if i were to rank this GPS, i will give 60%...
just enuf to pass, still good enuf rite?
kekekeke
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btw im using Malsing original POI... any Gold Version will do

i think it have nothing todo with GARMIN or Nokia 2.0...
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if using GPRS and got charges mean is using AGPS...
yup, i have activated my AGPS
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the real problem is "Lost Satellite Reception" ~ something todo with the GPS chip in N82
not strong...
it is working fine but i can said it is under perform during bad weather, indoor, tunnel and heavy tinted windscreen...
more over i m thinking if using for too long, the chip will lost track of satellite ~ too hot?? no idea...

note: i m still happy with integrated GPS in N82, we all know standalone GPS is definitely better
something like standalone camera vs camera phone...

having EQ is definitely good, but if gonna tune each genre... this is suck

buy a better earphone and set neutral for EQ... u will get the same taste
some earphone perform better on bass and some more musical or vocal
choose which type of music u like more with the correct earphone, then u will love it

im using Mylar x3i ~ it have vocal, clarity and enuf bass for all genre



This post has been edited by lucaswjk: Aug 15 2008, 04:33 PM

tried N82 in front of aircon... same result

wow nice stuff...

anyway im not againt EQ, afterall EQ is develop for more personal taste
if u like EQ, u better choose LCG Jukebox player...
i think this is the best player so far...

fyi im using nokia music player, coz hv more integrated control

did u install theme on the memory card?
if yes, uninstall it and reinstall on the phone memory...

last time i uninstall all my symbian application in order to troubleshoot this issue
symbian bug...

yes, only first time ~ after the boot...
after that very smooth

i believe we install too many application into memory card, mayb need faster microSDHC kekeke

hei i think this have nothing todo with AP set...
all device come from same factory
jus coincident luck

AP distributor didnt manufacture the device, just different warranty set and after service

and dont mistake so called original set will get Grade A device and AP set will get Grade B...
no such thing

WTF!!!

this guy better dont come in here...
such a dishonest guy ~ con his own customer and steal the original set...
dammit

if i m going to buy from him, i wonder will i really get the "ori" since he is tat kind of guys already
why borther buy from him, he might con u for second time
dammit

This post has been edited by lucaswjk: Aug 18 2008, 01:04 AM

yup

u can try fring.com (can also do MSN voice call) or use MSN Live Messenger for Symbian (i heard it release on certain region only)

actually somebody tested 11hours ~ confirm

wow i donno this short cut... must try later

your one original??
so fast one...
i remember u bought from your fren, should ask for warranty

my charging time with my N82 charger (AP) is 2hours and another charger (zitron ~ from other phone) 4hours...

sometime im using USB charger... it is only 500mA
no worry... it is same...
only different is fast chargin and slow...
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last time ppl like to CHARGE SLOW SLOW...
if SLOW mean more battery cell being ionize, longer battery power and lifetime could b longer
but nowsday i guessed nobody follow this rule anymore...
coz no matter what you do, your battery will not last you more than 2years
except cheplak version only last you 6months

no... it wont charge

look for CA-100 on google
the advantage is... u can use 3G on the USB and charge together
coz i know even if "miniUSB" use the USB to go internet, it will stop chargin
but with this CA-100 you can surf the net and charge at the same time

ps: yup u didnt read wrong... only miniUSB can charge and go online using same cable... not microUSB
~ correct me if im wrong

This post has been edited by lucaswjk: Aug 25 2008, 03:12 PM