Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

Well everyone, been a lurker for a while and will introduce myself in the appropriate thread, but had to link to this article I read from mynokiablog.com a couple days ago. the link is below

long post with a lot of pictures but go all the way 2/3 the way down to #10- UI there is a picture of ovi maps....digital compass!? the author even mentions it as a feature that was never officially put in specs


http://tiny.cc/jNdE8

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

Sorry, but afaik, it's just a fancy directional UI gizmo that's tied to the GPS. I'd love to be wrong, but... I've been usig it and it doesn't work like a compass.

Tim

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

@timsamoff: maybe the easter egg is the digital compass driver that's only installed in the final release firmware ;D

ps: dang, it shows 11-panes in the task selection screen! is there any (hard coded) limit?

http://mynokiablog.files.wordpress.c...pg?w=550&h=412

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

I've seen somewhere over 12 panes and you could actually scroll vertically with the finger!

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

42

Your question is the Easter egg.

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

It's actually a way to orient "North" and tilt the maps to give you a 3D view. That grid thing in the middle tilts the map, and you use your finger to drag the N around to wherever you want North to be. No compass!

Let's see if I can put his blog pics here:

http://mynokiablog.files.wordpress.c...pg?w=550&h=412

In the next pics, he's hit the button in the middle and tilted the map into 3D mode:

http://mynokiablog.files.wordpress.c...pg?w=550&h=412

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

The lack of digital compass is really a shame, it's like the only missing feature of otherwise perfect phone.

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

Well, I also think that its lack of colour fax sending/receiving is quite disappointing. :(

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

well thats ********

my brother fax machine could do that in 1983

i think i'll have to hold off on my preorder now

Re: Easter egg in the RX-51?
 

But I was being serious ;)

Magnetometer can really help if you are navigating on foot.