Nokia Navigator 6110

Posted by T3 Online on Mon 29 Oct 2007

Affordable mobile/satnav magnificence.

Following its wonderful, but wildly expensive, N95, Nokia's released the affordable, but equally capable, Navigator 6110.

It's almost a looker - not in the pant-moistening league of the Prada phone, but with a smart metallic trim and neat sliding action that warrant a second look.

UK maps are provided by Route 66 on MicroSD card. It takes around four minutes to lock on to a satellite, and route planning via address or postcode takes seconds. The 2.2-inch screen is too small to use whilst driving, but booming voice prompts compensate to a degree, and re-routing is so quick you barely notice it.

The 6110 crams in more features than most, including free speed camera info, a fast zoom and the ability to send your position to a contact as GPS coordinates or a map image. Unlock codes for other countries can be downloaded from £10 and Lonely Planet city guides cost £3.50.

The Navigator can't match the N95 for sheer multimedia pizazz, but with extras such as HSDPA, push email, an excellent browser and viewer for Word and Excel documents, it's quite the powerhouse. The music player is also a bit handy and there's a decent two-meg camera, too.

So do you really need satnav on your phone? We reckon so - it's useful for finding points of interest, short jaunts by car and negotiating that tricky path home from the local hostelry.

The 6110's less sophisticated than its big brother the N95 - less tough, with fewer multimedia gizmos - but the price is right and it's still a winner.