Nokia C7 Astound safety warning app

Nokia C7 and Astound camera speed warning software at netogram.com

Quite recently I became the proud owner of a Nokia C7 (financed by a late present and a patiently saved bundle of cash). The fact that Nokia launched a 50 Euro cashback promotion came in quite handy ;-) That, and the fact that Nokia gives away life-long free updates to +70 roadmaps with their OVI maps scheme helped me to make a decision and go for the C7. The N8 also seems to be a great phone, but I personally don't see any advantage in a 12MP camera instead of the C7's 8MP camera (I have a great 12MP camera with which I make all my pictures).

Quite rapidly I got stuck with (fortunately just the one) frustation: OVI maps doesn't come with a standard POI alerts method. After an extensive search I did find a manual and downloadable POI's for speed or safety camera's, but the best warning I could get was icon's on the screen... no audio warnings. After a few more weeks I finally found the definitive solution in a program called piPOIAlert. Because it took me so much time to find this program, I quickly decided to put up this page for those who are interested in a POI alert program for their Nokia.

C7 /\ Astound Speed Camera warning software


You can download the most recent version of piPOIAler at this location: click here

Now all you have to do is:

  • download piPOIAlert (the link is on this page)
  • download a text file with the locations of the gatso's (visit a website that updates the locations for your country)
  • transform that text file into a readable format for piPOIAlert (the link to a program is on this page)
  • copy the text file to your Nokia

    • To transform the text file with locations to a usable format for piPOIAlert you could use Babelpad.


    You can download a copy of this free program at this location: click chere

    Do you use Linux or do you own a Mac? No problem: just find yourself a text editor that is capable of saving the text file in the 'UTF 16' format, just like Babelpad.

    The POI file must be in the following directory: - Data - piPOIAlert - piPOIAlert.txt It has to be saved as a UTF16 text file and has to have the following structure: longitude (max 20),latitude (max 20),description (max 36),speedlimit (max 4)
    Example:
    4.41028,51.21120,Kennedy Ave,30
    6.98854,52.65074,Foxtrot Lane,120
    5.67931,52.00831,Dunham Street,30





    Click here for the Nokia C7 specifications page.

    You can also search the net for additional information on speed camera warnings or software and applications for the Nokia C7 Astound mobile phone:

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