Nokia N95 maps/gps etc

[StrungOut]

Ok just after some help with it from anyone who knows about it or has one etc. i have the maps with a copy of tomtom. cant seem the connect to the gps properly yet. probably cause im shit. any help would be good

[Pirate]

From what I have read the tom tom software only works with external gps devices. It can't see the internal gps of the n95.

[Colonel Kurtz]

I believ you can get some linking software called GPS bridge or sum such.

oh and

Dopod D810 > Nokia N95

:nod:

[pnkru`]

I believ you can get some linking software called GPS bridge or sum such.

oh and

Dopod D810 > Nokia N95

:nod:

My n95i rox! Dopod D810 lacks an FM radio, it has no software or maps included, the speakers face backwards, and it doesnt even have an audio jack. Oh and its bigger and heavier than an n95. And the camera on the Dopod is far behind the n95's 5MP camera and carl zeiss lens.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Yes it lacks an FM radio.

Maps and software are downloaded free if you know where to look. SPeaker is fine backwards, bounces nicely of the windscreen. And it comes with it's own headset anyway. But you can buy a converter jack if you want to put in your own headphones. (yeah fucked if I know why they did it like that)

And the weight difference in negligible.

I still stand by D810 > N95

Mind you the N95 is a great gadget, but i do like to be able to load my games etc.

Question: can the N95 do video calls?

EDIT:

Mad props to KrisE for this:

TomTom6 with Australian maps
http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/1143846/TomTom_6_with_Australia_Map

80 Voices for TomTom
http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/1203579/TomTom_8_voices

[druid]

Maps and software are downloaded free if you know where to look.

That's a stupid argument and comparison. Warez apps compared to something that is genuinely provided for free? Still, the map stuff on both devices is basically software and you can get the smart2go stuff for other phones too so I wouldn't use that as a comparison point either. I don't get what you meant by "i do like to be able to load my games etc". Is there a smartphone on the market that doesn't have any games available?

Though I have the N95 I have no opinion on which gadget is better, I just wanted to point out the pointless comparisons.

Question: can the N95 do video calls?

Yes. There's a secondary camera on the front/top side for that so you can see the screen while calling.

[Spingo]

While we're debating - one thing that the N95 cannot do (along with any S60 handset) is support any SSL certificate with populated SAM fields.

Why is this an issue? Well, I simply refuse to enable ActievSync to an Exchange Server without encryption. Second point is that we use Exchange 2007, configured according to MS best practices (specifically, the AD domain uses a non-public FQDN - MS say that you should NEVER do this and I'm inclined to agree on so many levels, but I digress). Said configuration does not work with S60 devices because the internally resolvable name for the Exchange Servers are different from the externally resolvable domain name - yet you still must have a single SSL certificate on the server that resolves to both FQDNs - hence the need for using the SAM fields in the certificate.

SAM fields have been around for years now, but S60 still doesn't support them. Why? I demand answers.. Actually, I don't - we got rid of our S60 trail handset for this very reason. That, and the fact that trying to manage security certificates on the device is complete arse. I mean, certificate management on Windows Mobile devices is a pain, but I'd rather have root canal therapy that work with the certificate "management" on an S60 device...

And don't even get me started on load-balanced edge server configurations for Exchange and compatibility with an S60 either...

Sorry for the rant - even if it is a bot OT.. It's been building up inside me for a couple of weeks now. I spent way too much time finding out why it doesn't work and I still can't believe that the SSL stack in the phone is as rudimentary as it is.

[Lurgen]

While we're debating - one thing that the N95 cannot do (along with any S60 handset) is support any SSL certificate with populated SAM fields.

Why is this an issue? Well, I simply refuse to enable ActievSync to an Exchange Server without encryption. Second point is that we use Exchange 2007, configured according to MS best practices (specifically, the AD domain uses a non-public FQDN - MS say that you should NEVER do this and I'm inclined to agree on so many levels, but I digress). Said configuration does not work with S60 devices because the internally resolvable name for the Exchange Servers are different from the externally resolvable domain name - yet you still must have a single SSL certificate on the server that resolves to both FQDNs - hence the need for using the SAM fields in the certificate.

SAM fields have been around for years now, but S60 still doesn't support them. Why? I demand answers.. Actually, I don't - we got rid of our S60 trail handset for this very reason. That, and the fact that trying to manage security certificates on the device is complete arse. I mean, certificate management on Windows Mobile devices is a pain, but I'd rather have root canal therapy that work with the certificate "management" on an S60 device...

And don't even get me started on load-balanced edge server configurations for Exchange and compatibility with an S60 either...

Sorry for the rant - even if it is a bot OT.. It's been building up inside me for a couple of weeks now. I spent way too much time finding out why it doesn't work and I still can't believe that the SSL stack in the phone is as rudimentary as it is.

Not wanting to get into a long technical debate, but the above is a common misconception regarding ActiveSync publishing. It is quite possible to publish an Exchange (2003 or 2007) ActiveSync service externally using SSL even if the published name (e.g. sync.acme.com) differs from the internal Active Directory name (e.g. aus.acme.local). It ain't obvious how to do it, but once you see it setup correctly all becomes clear. It also works fine with a load-balanced edge-server configuration because ActiveSync doesn't rely on the Edge server role (in an Ex07 setup). It relies on the CAS role, which you can load-balance and publish using ISA 2006 (which in turn you load balance using either a hardware load balancer or NLB).

I've just finished deploying this for a large company based here in Melbourne, and pretty much do AD and Exchange designs for a living.

Drop me a PM if you want more info.


Hey, on a different yet related note, the S60 doesn't include root certificates for all of the Verisign issuing CAs. Fucking nuisance, because certs issues in Australia may not work on the N95 unless you install the right issuing CA certification.