Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition Finds Its Place
Understanding GPS Technology
Before getting into detail about the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, it is important to understand a little more about the concept of GPS technology. GPS stands for Global Positioning System, it is a satellite based technology used around the world. This technology allows your GPS enabled device to connect to the GPS network, in order to determine your current location.
The process is simple; satellites determine your current position and apply the information on latitude and longitude on maps, which then translates into map data which you can easily understand instead of a bunch of numbers. This technology has evolved to a degree where you could plot map directions, and receive steady guidance until you reach your destination. The main reason that this technology was developed is to give us ways of tracking our locations and finding directions, and in more ways than one, GPS is a success.
GPS in the World Today
The integration of GPS technology into mobile phones comes as a natural development of things. After all, no other portable handheld device is as commonly used as the mobile phone. In fact, it may even be argued that people would opt to carry a mobile phone more than they would want to wear a wrist watch. With this, mobile phones now commonly feature GPS functionality. Since GPS receivers can be very small in physical size, adding GPS functions to a mobile phone will rarely require an increase in the size of the phone.
Nokia 5800 and GPS
While placing GPS technology in mobile phones is indeed a new norm, there is something different about Nokia's approach with this mobile phone. The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition can work as a fully dedicated GPS device. It provides helpful information thanks to A-GPS technology, full support from Ovi maps and audio prompts from driving and walking directions. Having Ovi store support means that the maps for this device will always be updated. The Bluetooth headset will conveniently feed all the needed information you need directly into your ear. Having this phone is the equivalent of carrying your own GPS device on your hands.
This is a very versatile GPS device, but as a phone the 5800 leaves much to be desired. This is a mobile phone that could use a whole lot of upgrades in terms of memory, interface and other features that make phones really fun to have. It is a good thing to have a great GPS, but a mobile phone needs to fill in so many other functions.
