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Nokia have been showing off their Nokia 6210 Navigator at the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, and we’ve compiled some great video reviews of it. The 6210 Navigator, as you can probably guess, is a GPS phone, but as the videos show, it’s not just any GPS phone – it’s so advanced and the detail of its maps is so precise, you couldn’t actually get lost anywhere on earth with it! No, seriously. Even if the maps of your present vicinity aren’t so hot, you’ll at least know which way the nearest town or road is. How? Because the 6210 Navigator comes with a built-in compass and accelerometer, as well as GPS.

This means that not only does the phone know exactly where you are, it also knows the direction in which you’re pointing. This last step is hugely significant, as it means that the map is constantly oriented in the direction in which you’re travelling, rather than always pointing up to North. You no longer have to work out whether to turn left or right when facing south; nor will you get confused with which way you’re pointing on a featureless map.

Better still, it’s not just abstract lines of maps that the 6210 displays. You even get the option of viewing full satellite photos of your surroundings, which also turn as you do. Like I said, you really can never get lost with this thing!

More details of the Nokia Navigator 6210 GPS phone after the jump.

Nokia have seemingly increased the pace of mobile phone innovation with the announcement of the Nokia 6210 Navigator at the MWC 2008. The 6210 Navigator is similar in features to the 6120 Navigator, coming with HSDPA and aGPS as standard.

However, what the 6210 adds to the mix is a built-in compass, which acts to rotate the map according to the direction in which you’re pointing. In other words, no more having to work out which way down a street you’re walking – the map will always point in your direction no matter where you stand. Perfect for women, I understand ;)