If you decided not to bother with the navigational aspect of the device you would at least have a great mobile underneath, it may not be as feature packed as the N95 but you still get a good selection, including Quad-Band GSM/EDGE, 3G HSDPA, 29MB free memory plus additional free space via the microSD card and a 2MP camera (with built in flash).

The device itself features a sliding keyboard that houses some responsive keys, which made texting and navigational inputs easy. The unit is also compact measuring 101 x 49 x 20 mm and weighing 125g.

Most of the device has ports in useful places, the microSD card fits to the side under an easy to access cover, as does the USB port. You also have a 2.5" headphone socket at the top and a dedicated button to launch the navigational software at the front of the 6110.

On the subject of the navigational software the newest mobile version of Route 66 is pre-loaded onto the phones firmware, with the maps of UK and Ireland pre-installed onto the memory card.

As with most Nokias you can use the phone without a sim card, but it's useful for having one with a data plan, as you will need to utilise an internet connection for downloading extras from the Route 66 store and to take advantage of some other useful functions which we will cover later on.

The Route 66 software suites the Nokias menu style perfectly and its keypad is quick and responsive. You have a Free text option that you can use to search for destinations using fuzzy style search strings, so if you want to find restaurants in London, simply type in rest lond. This works well and is pretty quick at displaying results.

Of course you can also search for addresses, postcodes, nearby locations, POI, stored contacts and even plan your trips (with a route simulation available as well)

The Route 66 software also takes advantage of your phones connectivity options, so if you wanted to search for a nearby POI, for example a restaurant, you can choose to text your friends the GPS location and even send them maps as images via MMS. Plus you can send them trip information or even call the POI as well.

Unlike the N95 the signal acquisition time and strength was much better, it could pick up our location indoors within one to two minutes. Outside it could lock onto our position in under a minute and once it got a signal it kept it.

Mounting the mobile in the car will require a car cradle of some sort, as it does not come with one or a car charger as standard.

During testing we felt the Map detail was much better in 3D, mainly because when driving in 2D mode the street names seemed to appear and disappear as we approached and passed each street - which tended to get a bit annoying.

The only real problem was the smaller screen at 2.2" it does make it harder to view the directional aids and the screen can only be viewed in portrait mode.

Thankfully the spoken directions were extremely clear and precise, partially’ due to the quality of the phones stereo speakers (though you do not get text to speech directions, so only the bog standard 'turn left' ahead directions are here)

Its navigational accuracy was spot on and one of the most efficient we have seen from a mobile device, it could easily cope with us diverting from our chosen path, with routes being re-calculated quickly.

As for TMC and safety camera warnings these can be added to the 6110 via the extras option on your phone or from your PC, which we recommend as it uses your broadband connection (thus reducing mobile data costs).

Apart from the above you can also download food guides, additional voices, European maps and weather updates.

You’re looking at around £20 for the TMC and £7 for the safety cameras, so if you decide to go for these along side all the other extras such as the car accessories/maps, things will start to add up, but at least you can download options when you want and wherever you are.