Since my original post on the McGuider sat nav software for mobile devices I have had more of a chance to put it through its paces and I have to say that the results have been extremely disappointing.

I have now used it for about four routes that I do often and in half of those the McGuider route took me down a closed road. You might think that this is a problem with the maps but these roads haven’t been passable in years – in one case for 20 plus years.

I also did a comparison between the route … Read the rest

There’s a couple of these surveys kicking around at the moment (here and here) to find out what are the first ten applications that you install on your mobile. Ever one to jump on the bandwagon here I present my top 10 for Nokia S60 3rd Edition:

1. emoze – Free push email
2. Handy Calendar – Replacement calendar with better interface
3. Handy Safe – Secure password store
4. Handy profile – More intelligent profiles, such as automatically switching to meeting mode when you have a diary entry marked as such
5. Autolock – Automatically lock the keyboard after a set period