TAIWAN ON THE MOBILE MAP

Hi. Just arrived to Taiwan yesterday and the first thing I did was to open my mobile (yes, I am one of the civilised people that do it after customs) and immediately my new N95 found that I was in Taiwan (not a surprise as it's a global "standard for the US military") but the best thing ever was that the N95 immediately downloaded the map of Taipei and my immediate surrounding area so I was up and running in a few seconds. Amazing. This is one of the few times I was postitively surprised.

I read an article the other day that x percent of mobile phones will carry GPS chips in the near future ("near future" always stays undefined...). If they all would work as good as the N95 (ok the GPS chip itself is supposed to be quite bad in picking up the signal, but the usablity and whole end user experience was great!), this will kill TOM TOM and the likes big time!

Normally I try to look for improvements in technology but this one is done right! Well done Nokia in buying that German map software company and making it consumer friendly, even without a car! Maybe that German company had a high price, as the N95 price is .... let's say.... rather on the high end of your wallet.

Victor