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[teaser]Orange shops are to sell Wayfinder Satellite Navigation, on an inital purchase / subscription based model.
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Orange UK and Wayfinder today announced a partnership to turn mobile phones into satellite navigation system at your local Orange shop. Wayfinder drive line the ultimate travel companion provides Bluetooth satellite navigation that connects to a user's phone providing voice guided, turn by turn navigation. Phone Trainers are on hand in Orange shops across the UK to guide consumers through the simple 4-step Wayfinder download process. Customers can now get satellite navigation on their mobile phone for a pound a week - and benefit from the Wayfinder drive line service which provides users with: * Over 750, 000 UK points of interest * The most up-to-date information - all UK maps and points of interests updated every two weeks * Access to global maps and street level maps in North America and Europe * Access to future software updates * Voice guided navigation from the phone * Options to purchase speed camera location sites and live traffic information Over 11,000 speed camera locations, including fixed, mobile (including free standing and speed traps), traffic light and temporary cameras are updated daily with a guaranteed 99.9% accuracy of their location. The service is provided to Wayfinder from Cyclops, an authorized supplier of this data who survey all camera sites to confirm their accuracy. Live Traffic information is provided in association with Trafficmaster enabling users to avoid traffic congestion on UK motorways, and trunk roads. Wayfinder drive line is now available from Orange shops priced £59.99 Customers are then charged a £1.00 per week subscription fee, exclusive of data costs which comes in addition, since Wayfinder is an offboard navigation system, which means the routes are calculated at a server and send back, via GPRS or UMTS, to the mobile phone. So you better have a data plan in place. Wayfinder driveline is available now from all 292 Orange stores in the UK. Do you think this is a viable model? Would you rather pay per week with a lower startup cost or buy TomTom / CoPilot up front? The advantage of an offboard system is the inclusion of map updates going forward, the disadvantage of course is the data costs (which Orange still expect you to swallow as part of this product). Let us know what you think! Source: MSMobileNews Further Information: Wayfinder[/teaser] [Edit by Paul, prep for News Page ] --------------------  |
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Aug 2 2006, 12:19
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 190 Joined: 20th November 2003 Member No.: 21,604 Device(s): Orange Diamond |
They have been selling this for a while now, think a friend got this about two weeks ago if not more!
They have also just released an update as it doesn't work with the M600 out of the box apparently but this update fixes it, i think its on the Orange world pages. This post has been edited by LSmith4285: Aug 2 2006, 12:30 |
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Aug 2 2006, 12:23
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www.MSMobileNews.com Owner Group: Posters Posts: 2,668 Joined: 9th March 2003 From: Surrey, UK Member No.: 3,354 |
QUOTE(LSmith4285 @ Aug 2 2006, 13:19)  They have been selling this for a while now, think a friend got this about two weeks ago if not more! They have also just released an update as it doesn't work with the M600 out of the box apparently. Shame as it looks quite good, hopefully they'll get it sorted ASAP. Whilst I'm talking about Wayfinder, have you seen this? Its like Google Earth on your Smartphone! -------------------- |
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Aug 2 2006, 14:53
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,265 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): Athena, Qtek 8500 |
So £60 + £1/week plus data charges?
I'll stick with CoPilot! -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Aug 3 2006, 08:02
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T-Mobile's offer of free CoPilot with 12 months subscription to the Live service still seems more attractive. Orange really are feeling the need to play catch-up aren't they?
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Aug 3 2006, 14:17
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QUOTE(hotphil @ Aug 3 2006, 09:02) T-Mobile's offer of free CoPilot with 12 months subscription to the Live service still seems more attractive. Orange really are feeling the need to play catch-up aren't they? ... and not quite grasping the point of "catch-up". Aren't they actually supposed to catch up? Once again, I think they missed the point. -------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
"What happens to a politician if you give him Viagra? He gets taller" - Jesse Duke, Hazzard County  |
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Aug 3 2006, 20:19
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There is also the fact that Wayfinder is not as good a GPS solution as the Copilot or TomTom's of the world. There is a thread on my-symbian that pretty much describes all the problems with this software. Anyone buying should check it out before they part with their cash.
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Aug 3 2006, 23:01
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not a very good pricing model.
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Aug 4 2006, 00:15
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Addict Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 973 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
QUOTE(Brody @ Aug 2 2006, 13:23) Shame as it looks quite good, hopefully they'll get it sorted ASAP. Whilst I'm talking about Wayfinder, have you seen this? Its like Google Earth on your Smartphone! I've tried to get Wayfinder Earth to d/l to my C550 but I kept getting an error message telling me my selected language was unsupported (UK Englsh). I've asked their CS people to take a look, but its a bit odd.
-------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
"What happens to a politician if you give him Viagra? He gets taller" - Jesse Duke, Hazzard County |
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Aug 4 2006, 15:06
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 13th June 2006 Member No.: 194,441 Device(s): K750i / P900 / SPV M600 |
that's just not clever. it's too little, too late and too expensively.
i'm thinking of a GPS solution for my M600, but i'll probably be going for TomTom.... |
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Aug 5 2006, 11:27
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Addict Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 973 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
Apparently, Wayfinder Earth is not compatible with the C550.
-------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
"What happens to a politician if you give him Viagra? He gets taller" - Jesse Duke, Hazzard County |
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Aug 5 2006, 11:52
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 Lurking  Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 14th January 2003 From: Bolton Member No.: 1,913 Device(s): MDA Pro Lobster 700TV |
Wonder if this will help "O" find the plot that they lost so long ago?
This post has been edited by CaptainZok: Aug 5 2006, 12:55 --------------------  My Phonography |
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Aug 6 2006, 18:37
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 72 Joined: 18th September 2005 Member No.: 150,074 Device(s): C500 |
Hi,
I'm upgrading to the SPV M3100 and want to install Sat Nav. Where would you recommend I can purchase a cradle/holder for this phone for my car? Cheers |
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