Today we browsed three shops, two Telstra and one Optus, and enquiring about the
Nokia 95.

In all three shops we got varying versions of how the N95 works with respect to
its navigation and GPS features. One guy, the Optus one, told us that the N95
doesn't have a GPS receiver like the Nokia Navigator does, for example. He was
trying to tell us that the N95 relied on info from the cell and the map software
to give you a "fix".

The woman in the T-Shop said that we had to pay a $250 5 year subscription fee
to download the maps.

Anyway, we had a look on the Nokia website when we got home. It appears that we
can download the maps from Nokia using the Map Loader software then transfer
them onto the phone.

They talked about the phoen downloading data when using the GPS too. But from
what I've read so far, and mind you, I have not read all the info just yet, it
appears that this isn't the case, unless it's for extra features such as turn by
turn destructions.

Anyway, to Rod, how have you used your N95 in this respect? The missus wants to
use it as a hand held "street directory" when she's in London, and when she does
a day tour in Paris. Am I correct in assuming that all we need to do is to
install the software on the PC, download the maps, in this case of Greater
London and of Paris, install them onto the phone and when she gets there let the
GPS do its stuff?

Finally, screen-wise, is there any differences between the N95 and the N95 8gig?
The Optus 8 gig model is called the N95i.