Carmenta Mobile (N95)

Carmenta Mobile
'The future of maps in mobile phones'



"Carmenta Mobile is a high performance map engine for mobile phones, targeting companies that want to provide advanced Location Based Services applications around maps, routing and geocoding"

Carmenta Mobile can be easily embedded into a mobile application as it provides a rich set of features such as:

• 2D and 3D maps with 3D buildings and landmarks
• Onboard and/or offboard (loaded from server) maps
• Maps as images or vector data
• In-car personal navigation
• Pedestrian personal navigation
• Friend finder
• Proximity search, “where is the closest restaurant from my location”
• Location based games
• Tracking
• Fleet management

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGvkmmSkWI

http://www.carmenta.com/company is a company producing high-class geospatial software products.

N95 Free Mobile Software (including Maps)

New N95 Free Mobile Software (including Maps)



Nokia Download! New
"Download! for PC enables you to discover mobile content using a PC. When you connect your mobile device to the PC, Download! for PC automatically synchronises with the corresponding software on your device. This makes it easy for you to find, download and manage content (maps) that is compatible with your device."
http://www.nokia.com/betalabs

Opera Mini 4 Beta v2
http://www.operamini.com/beta/
A Good Mobile Browser that allows you to view web based mapping now in landscape mode.

amAze 4.0
http://www.amazegps.com/index.php?page=countries&language=uk
The best Free Sat Nav For GPS enabled phones (includes N95)

Mosh Nokia New!
http://mosh.nokia.com/
"Your Stuff. Any Phone. Everywhere."
A good resource for finding and sharing Apps, Software,Music, Maps, Games, Pictures, Ringtones etc.

Local Search (Yell and Yahoo Search integrated with Map Option with results)
http://mobilesearch.nokia.com/A4160040


Mapperz Top Pick
reLive! a unique and handy leisure application, allows you to take photos and write notes along your trip route, and seamlessly attach them to their locations on the map (geo-tagging).



Demo ( in Flash)
http://relive.atlasct.com/map.asp
Download reLive! at
http://relive.atlasct.com/wap/ (via your mobile)

more info at
http://www.atlasct.com/Applications-ReLive.html

Ovi Nokia Maps Released

Ovi Nokia Maps Released for All - (Out of Beta!)



"London, UK – Nokia today introduced Ovi, the company’s new Internet services brand name. With the introduction of Ovi, Nokia is expanding from a focus on mobile devices to offering a range of Internet services. Ovi, meaning ‘door’ in Finnish, enables consumers to easily access their existing social network, communities and content, as well as acting as a gateway to Nokia services."

Ovi Nokia consists of:

• Nokia Music Store
• N-Gage
• Nokia Maps
• *(more to be added)
  

Also under the Ovi umbrella is Nokia Maps, a navigation service that offers maps, city guides and more directly to compatible mobile devices. Nokia aims to bring more Internet based services to Ovi in the coming months.

Give me the links!

http://europe.nokia.com/A4509271 - Nokia Maps/Device Selector

http://europe.nokia.com/A4509291 - Introduction and how it works

http://ovi.nokia.com/ovi/flash/assets/
pdf/1_MeetOvi_Umbrella.pdf - Press Release (PDF)

http://nds1.nokia.com/files/support/global/phones/
guides/Maps_1_UG_en.pdf
User Guide (PDF)


GPS Fixes - the bottom icon costs you money with data transfer - Assisted GPS enabled (N95) only

Mapperz

iPhone or N95?

Okay in simple terms why Mapperz bought an N95 and not an iPhone.

The iPhone has:

• Touch Screen (3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch display))
• Auto rotate
• Maps (Google)
• Quad Band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• Wifi -Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) no n?
• 2 Mega-pixel camera (my 5 year old camera has 3mega-pixel)
• Limited Software available
  
• A Polishing Cloth.

Image:geothought.blogspot.com

Though it lacks one fundamental feature. GPS

If your going to have mapping on your phone, you want to know where you are, not Steve Jobs Office Location.

Just this one missing feature stops Mapperz pursuing the iPhone.

Location based information is useless unless it is providing information around your position or desired destination.

Now if Nokia and Apple produced a product together then it would be a better solution. But this is unlikely.

The N95 has done and is still doing it's job, however the information that phone has in its needs to be updated and cleaned. It is only a computer and can only give you the information it has.
(more map updates from TeleAtlas needed)

N95 has

• GPS - Locates you in a few seconds (faster in the car with 12v of power)
• Built in Maps - if you pre-load onto your memory card.
• Built in Sat Nav with voice commands (if purchased)
• 5 Mega-pixel camera.
• Lots of supported software available.
  

Image:Allaboutsymbian.com

Mapperz own views, comment if you like.

Geotagging N95 Camera Photos to Google Maps

Geotagging N95 Camera Photos to Google Maps

update 30/04/2007
Ogle Earth reviews Digital Urban's post and ShoZu (more info).

Digital Urban beat Mapperz to it (had done this in practice, honest).


The result Geotagged Photo in Google Maps, Content from Digital Urban.

To do this you will need:
1x N95
1x ShoZu
1x Yahoo/Flickr Account
1x Google Account

So will hand you over for full details
http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-geotag-
photographs-from-nokia.html


N95 users notes a special additon of ShoZu is coming out for the N95 soon.
"Thanks for your review of ShoZu :-) We're working on a special version for the N95 with a few cosmetic fixes and also the ability to automatically 'wake' the gps antenna without you having to load the Maps app in the background."
Source: Digital Urban comments

We look forward to it.

More N95 Free Applications - including more GPS & Maps

More N95 Free Applications - including more GPS & Maps Apps

(a few tips and tricks at the bottom)


Yes all the above Apps here are on Mapperz N95 and are Free to Download and use.

In Summary from top left

1. Google Maps
2. MGmaps
3. Google Mail
4. Sports Tracker (Nokia)
   
5. F-Secure
6. J2MeMaps
7. TruWiz (Voice over IP)
8. NSysInfo
9. S-Tris-2 (Tetris)
10. scanR (OCR)
11. Screenshot
12. Live Messenger

Smart2Go - Maploader (Nokia)
Okay, here is a few free applications some mapping and some not. For the N95's out there.
Standard Mapping Application with the N95 - Map Data is Vector and downloaded to Memory Card (MicroSD 2GB card - from Moby Memory) via the Smart2Go Maploader Software.


London in 3D with all Points of Interest (POI's) on. Joystick rotates on the blue square.


Google Maps on N95 - easy to Install and use.




Mobile Gmaps - as above but includes, Microsoft, Yahoo and Ask Maps as optional maps



Sports Tracker in GPS mode, shows distance, time, speed and location, exports to google earth kml



Would work better with the preloaded maps, though GPS fix is fast and plenty of real-time data been fed back to the user. Tip get a GPS fix before you start your workout. Standing still also helps GPS locate you faster



So you can't have Internet Calling (Voice Over IP) on Orange (UK)?
Well Mapperz can

The little phone and world icon is Internet Calling Active any Outgoing Calls are using the T'internet connection and if move out of Wifi Range it flips over to Orange (UK) GPRS EGPRS
works like a normal call. Also picks up other Wifi unsecure networks and uses them. So in theory free calls forever?
Fring are to be next with an N95 Voice OverIP
Truphone does work with a free £2/$2 start up.



To Unlock your phone http://www.blueghost.co.uk/unlock_guide/unlock.html
for a guide. Use at your own risk.

Top Tips for N95 Users -
Reset your N95 to Factory Settings before use - for faster GPS Fixes.
Switch off Applications, Bluetooth, Infrared, Wifi re-scan etc to improve battery life in GPS mode.
Format your new MicroSD Card on the phone first before connecting to a PC via USB.
Load the Map Application before you load any map data to the device, this puts important files and folders on your memory card, and makes loading the map data faster when in use.

And one careful tip, this device is very loud when used in media/video/game mode - even 50% is very loud, careful when use switch to earphones - you will hurt your ears.

Get a car charger if being navigated over 2 hours by this device.

Spare batteries for the N95 are in high demand... grab one if you can!

Keep and eye on http://www.nokia.com/betalabs

mapperz

N95 Free Applications - including GPS & Maps

N95 Free Applications - including GPS & Maps


Source: Mapperz (this blog (via adsense) helped buy this device!))

To Start an Official Application (Supports Google Earth Output- KML)

Sports Tracker
"If you own a N95 one of the first things you should do is download the recently released free application 'Sports Tracker' from Nokia. Sports Tracker is aimed at the sports or general user on foot or cycling and more importantly it provides full route tracking with the ability to upload to Google Earth."
Source and More Info at Digital Urban

MapLoader and the Standard Software on the PC>Phone does the Job.
(though have a day to hand loading the maps on - 150mb took 6 hours)

Though recommend you only use this for Foot and Car Naviagation in Semi-Urban and Urban Areas. Or if you do hill walking, hiking and mountaineering this software is not for you.
The solution here would be to be able to import your own maps.

update:more free official apps here

Mobile GMaps
"Mobile GMaps is a FREE application that displays Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Windows Live Local (MSN Virtual Earth) and Ask.com Maps and satellite imagery on Java J2ME-enabled mobile phones, PDAs and other devices. MGMaps can connect to a GPS receiver over bluetooth or use internal GPS features on some phones in order to automatically display the map for your current position."
More Info and Download at mgmaps


Online Data Backup
All this Data but what if the phone goes down and and out have not backed up your phone?
"Store your mobiles phone numbers, calendar and SMS safely with ZYB. Sign up now, and get a copy of your precious mobile content"
https://zyb.com/

A Very Fast Calculator
Try this simple example: start the standard calculator and do 2/3 x 7. It takes 13 clicks. Using Calcium it only takes 6!
More Info
http://mtvoid.com/calcium/

Like to Stay in Contact?
Via Wifi or EGPRS*

http://mobile.live.com/wml/

http://mobile.yahoo.com/go

http://code.google.com/p/mobile-google-talk-http/

or use this app for all three
http://www.gizmoproject.com/
(Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, or Windows Live)

Free Phone Calls? (using Voice Over IP)
Using Wifi or EGPRS*
Fring

EGPRS* is charge by data transfer - depending on your network operator and mobile tariff this can vary in cost. Use Wifi if you can!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Data_Rates_for_GSM_Evolution
_Rates_for_GSM_Evolution

add a comment if you know of more!

mapperz

additions pending.... mapperz approval

Nokia N95 - part 1, The Navigator (Smart2go)

Nokia N95 - part 1, The Navigator (Smart2go)


Image source: allaboutsymbian

A first clear and detailed review of the N95 (super duper smart phone) and the Smart2go mapping application.
Officially Released Tomorrow (2nd April 2007) in the UK.

in summary the review points out:
the pluses +

• maps are basically completely free
• option to have all maps stored on your expansion card or to grab them as needed over GPRS or 3G (cheaper to get them via wifi)
• Navigation always intuitive
• Route planning was as good as any other
• 2D and 3D view Mapping (like a TomTom)
• The zoom/scale is adjusted dynamically

minuses -

• Navigation is not free (approx £30 (€50)) per year for turn by turn info
• tediously slow, nokia maploader servers are slow due to high demand (leave overnight to download)
• Battery life in GPS mode is approximately 1 hour from a full charge (best used with 12v car charger for navigation)
  

Image source: allaboutsymbian

Overall this combination of an all in one smart device and mapping is the start of bring all the 'now' technologies (gps,wifi,3g etc) together to make a very useful and handy for everyday life.

read in more detail at http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Nokia
_N95-part_2_the_Navigator.php

iPhone Maps

Update on the Device Name.
Apple seem to have forgotten an internet search on 'iPhone'
hence CISCO Systems are suing them for using their trademark name.

New names for Apple (for Free)
"Wireless Dog and Bone" (Cockney (East London) slang for Phone)
"ILMTCMD" (Internet lightweight multi-touch communications mobile device)
iTelephone is also CISCO

but PhonePod more likely

The CISCO iPhone (yes little "i")


Like creating a search engine or map search and calling Google 2.0/Google Maps 2.0
(no not intending to Google Inc)

More on this from BBC News

iPhone works with Google Maps see here (quicktime required)

"With Google Maps and iPhone’s amazing Maps application, you can view maps and satellite images, or get directions and traffic information, all from iPhone’s remarkable, easy-to-use touch interface."

But wheres the GPS? to tell you, your not lost.

Might look pretty but who has used one?

Nokia might have the edge with the N95 (has GPS integrated)

One question for both products. Battery Life?

Update with Phone Specifications (Official)
iPhone Spec
N95 Spec

Remember at the end of the day it is your choice

Mapperz