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quipper8
11-04-2009, 08:55 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoCNRreLPYE

check around 4 minute mark.
mikkov
11-04-2009, 08:57 AM
It's not a digital compass
quipper8
11-04-2009, 09:01 AM
It's not a digital compass


sorry, I meant the interface for the digital compass.
quipper8
11-04-2009, 09:05 AM
look at this review with the same compass interface pic and where the reviewer says

The N900 uses Ovi Maps (formerly Nokia Maps), and its implementation is no different from any other implementation of Nokia’s Mapping app. The N900 sports a compass and aGPS, though, and its power ensures that the mapping app is very fast.

http://mobilementalism.com/2009/09/14/hands-on-nokia-n900-review-the-best-nokia-smartphone-yet/
javispedro
11-04-2009, 09:12 AM
It does not have a digital compass. The GPS can sense your orientation as soon as you start moving (how much you have to move, that I don't know -- on my Garmin is like 30cm while on my N810 you have to go straight for nearly two meters before it gets the orientation right).
ragnar
11-04-2009, 09:32 AM
sorry, I meant the interface for the digital compass.

No, that button is a tool to rotate the map manually around. It is not a digital compass.
quipper8
11-04-2009, 09:49 AM
No, that button is a tool to rotate the map manually around. It is not a digital compass.

Thanks, sorry for the confusion
kevloral
11-05-2009, 04:19 AM
It does not have a digital compass. The GPS can sense your orientation as soon as you start moving (how much you have to move, that I don't know -- on my Garmin is like 30cm while on my N810 you have to go straight for nearly two meters before it gets the orientation right).

Well, actually it can sense the direction you are moving in, not the actual orientation of the device.