The Forgotten Phone: Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition

October 16, 2022 Luisa Rey

Nokia has released a lot of phones in the past years. In 2009 the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition appeared; a phone with which, as the name implies, you could navigate. We discuss it this week in the new edition of ‘The Forgotten Phone’.

Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition

In this edition of ‘The forgotten phone’ we go back thirteen years in time; to 2009. A year earlier, Google Maps was released for mobile devices, but Nokia still had a significant market share with Nokia Maps, also known as Ovi Maps and HERE. There were also navigation editions of various devices, such as the Nokia 6210 Navigator. Another example is the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, a phone that we take you through today in our weekly column.

Navigation

Nokia released this Nokia 2710 Navigator Edition in 2009, and it also appeared on the market in the Netherlands. It was one of the few devices on the market with free navigation, which was also fully equipped. Not only for car navigation, but also if you’re on foot, the Nokia could help you.

The device was equipped with Nokia Maps and had a digital compass on board. The Nokia’s focus was really on navigating, with voice-activated instructions, of course. The maps could be downloaded via the computer, via special software. It allowed you to download different countries and regions to the phone at no extra cost. The Nokia 2710 Navigator also had the POI locations saved, with which you could search for interesting locations such as a supermarket, pharmacy or gas station. With the option ‘Send location’ your location was not shared as it is now, but a screenshot of the map with your location was made, as it were, and sent as an MMS message.

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Specifications

The Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition offered a 2.2 inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. Weighing less than 90 grams, it was a nice and compact device that was easy to carry. Bluetooth was also present and the device ran on the S40 system. There was an FM radio, a 2G connection and 128MB of storage that you could expand with a memory card. The Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition was equipped with a 2 megapixel camera for quick snapshots. The battery capacity of the device was 1020 mAh.

Nokia released the 2710 Navigation Edition in silver and black for a price of about 100-150 euros.