The concept behind the 6110 Navigator is very simple: You can take the phone out of the box and use it for full satellite navigation straight away, without having to do anything else. You can even use it without a SIM card, as all the navigation information is stored in the phone itself.

Because this is the first Nokia phone to contain a complete navigation system (not just GPS but on-board route-planning software and maps too), this is the first model to use the suffix “Navigator”, and we’ll presumably see lots more Nokia Navigators in the future.

Surprisingly, the navigation software included with the 6110 Navigator isn’t Nokia’s own recently acquired Smart2go (aka Nokia Maps) but a third party app called Route 66. The actual Route 66 application is built into the phone’s firmware, but the detailed regional map pack is stored on the bundled memory card. Our 6110 Navigator was a Finnish retail version, so the map pack was for the Nordic Countries, and the pack included with your phone will depend on where you buy it (you can buy additional map packs through the phone’s internet connection, or through the included Route 66 Sync program for your PC). There’s also a free basic world map built into the Route 66 application.