Requesting suggestions for phone w/ WiFi and GPS.

Yes, thats exactly my point. I wanted a dedicated GPS phone first, hence I opted for this. N95 is the only other phone in the market that my current phone could compare too.
 
How limited is the multimedia on the the HTC? I'm assuming you can at least play MP3's and listen through some headphone adapter...
 
Sure, and that makes perfect sense. You buy what meets your needs.

It isn't fair to call Nokia's approach a "rip-off" however when they're not really promoting the device to be used primarily as a GPS.
 
Well, When I saw the ad's for N95, they claimed it to be a portable GPS device, which in all technical sense is, however not a primary one as advertised. That's what I didnt like about it.
 
Ofcourse. It lacks the MM capability in the sense that it can record videos in QCIF format only, and the camera on my phone doesnt have AF/Flash and is only 2mp. Other than that, listening to songs is very much possible, and using touchscreen/jogweel/trackball, it makes it even easier to use and navigate thru songs.
The headset doubles as an antenna for FM radio as well. Soon I'll be getting a skypeout service on my phone and using Wifi, free calling to any number in US/Canada
 
Understandable, although for the most part I wouldn't normally consider a "portable GPS" to provide voice-based turn-by-turn driving directions, although of course that's a semantic discussion based on personal expectations. To be fair, most handheld models still don't do this -- it's the larger car-mounted units that traditionally provide this capability, since you really only need this functionality when you're driving (you could presumably read the screen if you were walking ).

I do agree that it's a nice bonus that the HTC includes this feature, however.
 
Yea, well thats pretty much the only reason I paid extra, because it made my phone truly a GPS phone, and this is probably the best asset of this phone. Did have to sacrifice other standard features like cam with A/F but thats okay.

Hopefully in the near future Nokia will release phones with built-in voice guidance, and people like me will swtich definitely grab it. But for a user who doesnt use GPS as much, their paid subscription is the most viable and cost effective option.
 
Actually, to be fair it's for a user who doesn't need a voice guidance as much. Nokia provides a great GPS without those feature, so for somebody who simply uses it to look up directions, or primarily uses it while walking, it's certainly more than adequate.

I use my E90 GPS quite frequently for looking up information and plotting a basic route to a point of interest (of which they also have a very good database available), and I paid for a basic voice package just to try it out, but in reality, the GPS is still a very good feature even without the voice navigation.

In fact, the only things you don't get without paying extra are the spoken/voice navigation features, and the enhanced "City Guides" (which provide more detailed reviews and a better organization of local attractions within major cities).
 
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