Yeah, I am really puzzled about the GPS. You'd have thought that they'd at least have looked at some competitors' equipment and functionality. The software is like a first attempt at implementing GPS functionality. Almost not worth trying IMO. This is a mess, especially, if they intend to make big bucks off of GPS-related services. Most of us tinkerers have some patience but the regular suit that can rely on the GPS is going to toss the N810 into the garbage.

So I have messed around with the internal GPS a bit more. Once I got the ephemeris data downloaded to the GPS (which took quite a while - I must say I thought the unit was broken because it took SOOOO much longer than my Garmins - I have 3 or 4) it now locks in within a minute or so (if outside or at a window, not in the interior of the house - I have LOTS of windows).

The big problem I see (besides the software is that the GPS sensitivity really does suck. Not sure what they are using for hardware so can't say if it is the GPS or the software that talks to the GPS. However, if I put my unit in the window, I lock in. When I move it about 3 feet, I lose most if not all the satellites. If I walk around my house the satellites signals go up and down like yoyos, if they are even there. The signal levels change so rapidly, I'd wager a guess that the problem is in the GPS. If this is the case, they may not be able to fix it. This would really suck.

The other thing about the sensitivity is that if I leave the unit in the window, stationary, the individual satellite signal levels go up and down very quickly (each sat varies differently). No stability. The sats are moving in orbit and when there is weather you'd expect some variation but this is like watching the bar graphs on my stereo while I am playing heavy metal. If I compare it to my Mobile 10, side by side, the 10 does not vary as wildly in such short periods. Granted this could be partly due to the software polling period (variation between the Garmin and the Nokia software) but this does not explain the total loss of signal experienced with the N810 GPS.

With my Garmin Mobile 10, the unit (using Bluetooth) stays synched up and the satellite sensitivity does not vary very much at all, as I move through the house. Granted, I may get a few more satellites if I am outside or next to a window but I do not lose my position info.

I did get Maemo Mapper to work with the internal GPS. Only problem is that the sensitivity problem also exists with Maemo Mapper (so I will stick with the Mobile 10).

Anyone else feeling like a ginea pig?