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syncomp
post Jan 31 2011, 02:39 PM

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Garmin Asus A10 vs Symbian^3 phones (C7, N8)

I really need a phone with GPS capability. Some of them would say go for Android phone coz it got most of good apps and good here & that. But I notice that android doesn't have Garmin.

It got PAPAGO instead for their GPS software. I don't believe in PAPAGO as I tried in iphone the signal recipcient is about the worst even worst than Garmin mobile XT that I installed in my 5800. Sometimes it would also lead to the wrong route or even pusing-pusing here and there that make u more value ur time for 1sec.

For Garmin Asus I think the lack of functionallity that i could detect is it doesnt have front camera for video calling. So guys... I really need all of ur opinion on which phone I should consider. Or even a better best bang of bucks phone worth around these models

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post Feb 1 2011, 02:02 AM

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QUOTE(aspire2oo6 @ Jan 31 2011, 08:06 PM)
For me i choose Nokia N8 anytime. I am using garmin to navigate around its good.

I have good camera, good gps software what can i ask for more.
Here photos taken by Nokia N8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenokiagalle...57624928852359/
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wow.. thx aspire... nice pic though.. so envy with ur pic quality.. really great. I think its comparable with DSLR Pic. haha.. but I really not into camera stuff. so C7 would be sufficient>>??? biggrin.gif

QUOTE(wuwah @ Jan 31 2011, 08:10 PM)
hmm.. so far, i heard papago perform quite well. maybe depend on area too. also, A-gps either enabled or not. hmm.gif
if u want more apps, more games, and u want to heavily customized your phone, definitely and android phones is better. for garmin asus A10, the community support is not vast as other android phones, such as desire, nexus one, X10. custom ROM/kernel maybe a bit less to found if u happen to like this customization stuff. and, very less number of android phones actually got front camera laugh.gif
symbian^3 as N8 doesn't have the best UI to begin with. IMO, the only part that i'm not really like for these symbian^3 phone is their text input laugh.gif other than those, they works fine though. they also comes with less powerful processor. they performance maybe not as fast as other 1Ghz smartphone. but they are acceptable, and symbian is one efficient platform. about apps, OVI currently growing, it don't have as many apps as android market. if u can live with it, less apps, not as fast as others, symbian^3 smartphone such as N8 is better compared to A10. u get the best cameraphone there icon_rolleyes.gif

the gps part, factors effecting gps to function well, including weather, a-gps, location. so, u may want to ask those folks on android's papago thread to really clarify the performance of papago gps software.
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Wohoo.. thx wuwah.. With this I can conclude

A10
Pros: alot games & apps, can customize phone
Cons: lack of community support

N8
Pros: best camera phone, got front camera (video call)
Cons: Lack of UI, few games & apps, 668 MHz proc?? LOL.. << i think this 1 is ok.. haha

Wow.. I think i would go for symbian. Summore i noticed that Ovi Maps perform well in symbian^3 (with the ability of navigating offline now). It would be advantage for me.
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