GPS

[Guest Agteros]

 

 

 

If you want to nonitor fitness' date=' go Polar. If you are on Discovery, you can ger Vitality points when you upload your data.

 

If you need a GPS go Garmin

[/quote']Or go Polar and Nokia.

Not Nokia... The phone is too big, and the battery does not last long enough. I've had a N95-1, which I've used with sportstracker, and the accuracy and ability to stayed lock-on is  not up to the same level as the Forerunner 405

 

 

 

I use my Nokia N73 with GPS dongle and sportstracker and it lasts very long. Battery has not died on me yet...of the phone or dongle. I use it along with my Polar to get heart rate.

 

The N73 does not have an integrated GPS... and the integrated GPS suck a cell battery dead in a few short hours. I could not reach 4 hours with the N95. An external bluetooth dongle will work wonders by taking the battery load away from the cell yes!

 

But it is still a bit 'messy' tagging two items along to do the work that can be done by one other unit... The Nokia/GPS/HR combo is a compromise between the Polar (Superb HR tracking/training analysis) and the Garmin devices (superb GPS tracking).

In the end you have a bit of both (actually little in terms of fitness monitoring) with the cell solution.

 

[Windbreaker]

 

If you want to nonitor fitness' date=' go Polar. If you are on Discovery, you can ger Vitality points when you upload your data.

If you need a GPS go Garmin

[/quote']Or go Polar and Nokia.

 

Not Nokia... The phone is too big, and the battery does not last long enough. I've had a N95-1, which I've used with sportstracker, and the accuracy and ability to stayed lock-on is  not up to the same level as the Forerunner 405

Then you never did the firmware upgrades. I have been very happy with the GPS on the Nokia. Not saying that it is better than the 405 as I've never tried it but the majority of these consumer grade GPS's use the Serf chipset.

 

[Guest Agteros]

 

If you want to nonitor fitness' date=' go Polar. If you are on Discovery, you can ger Vitality points when you upload your data.

If you need a GPS go Garmin

[/quote']Or go Polar and Nokia.

 

Not Nokia... The phone is too big, and the battery does not last long enough. I've had a N95-1, which I've used with sportstracker, and the accuracy and ability to stayed lock-on is  not up to the same level as the Forerunner 405

Then you never did the firmware upgrades. I have been very happy with the GPS on the Nokia. Not saying that it is better than the 405 as I've never tried it but the majority of these consumer grade GPS's use the Serf chipset.

 

But I did. In the 26 months I had the N95 I did two firmware upgrades... It was still lacking for longer rides (3hrs+), especially if you have to take in consideration that you need to leave some juice in the battery in case of an emergency to make phone calls.

 

On the N95 the antenna was behind the keyboad, and you actually have to slide the phone open for the GPS to get a good signal... Only save place to keep the phone was in back pockets, slide closed. Plenty of rides on sportstracker.nokia.com with tracking being horrendous.

 

[OneMac]

Anyone know if Discovery Vitality have intentions to recognise training with a Garmin?

[Windbreaker]

 

 

If you want to nonitor fitness' date=' go Polar. If you are on Discovery, you can ger Vitality points when you upload your data.

If you need a GPS go Garmin

[/quote']Or go Polar and Nokia.

 

Not Nokia... The phone is too big, and the battery does not last long enough. I've had a N95-1, which I've used with sportstracker, and the accuracy and ability to stayed lock-on is  not up to the same level as the Forerunner 405

Then you never did the firmware upgrades. I have been very happy with the GPS on the Nokia. Not saying that it is better than the 405 as I've never tried it but the majority of these consumer grade GPS's use the Serf chipset.

 

But I did. In the 26 months I had the N95 I did two firmware upgrades... It was still lacking for longer rides (3hrs+), especially if you have to take in consideration that you need to leave some juice in the battery in case of an emergency to make phone calls.

 

On the N95 the antenna was behind the keyboad, and you actually have to slide the phone open for the GPS to get a good signal... Only save place to keep the phone was in back pockets, slide closed. Plenty of rides on sportstracker.nokia.com with tracking being horrendous.

]there were a lot more than 2 upgrades on my phone. yes the antenna is

behind the slider but I found that it worked just fine in my back

pocket or on my bars closed. In my car I had to open it. also it fell

off my bars at 60km./hr and survived just fine - guess that impressed

me the most. Now have the N96 and the battery life is even better with

the gps. I like gadgets but really can't justify ever buying another

bespoke gps as long as you can get the gps in the nokia with free nokia

maps, sportstracker, gprs tracking capability etc. etc etcWindbreaker2009-08-13 14:01:54