"You Have Reached Your Destination": Nokia 6110 Navigator Guides Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman Across the 'Long Way Down' Finish Line

"You Have Reached Your Destination": Nokia 6110 Navigator Guides Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman Across the 'Long Way Down' Finish Line

CAPETOWN, South Africa, August 6/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Nokia 6110 Navigator, launched in South Africa earlier this week, has
proven its capabilities in one of the toughest environments possible -- with
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as they took the 'Long Way Down' from
Scotland to the southern most tip of Africa on motorcycle. The journey lasted
three months and saw the pair ride 24 000 km and cross two continents. With
the Nokia 6110 Navigator routing the path, best friends Ewan and Charley
defied the elements atop customized BMW motorcycles, crossing the finishing
line today in Cape Town.

Since those first miles in May 2007 in John O'Groats, Scotland, they have
ridden through twenty countries, including Libya, Ethiopia, Sudan, and
Rwanda. They have encountered and negotiated blinding sandstorms, searing
temperatures, challenging border crossings and extreme riding conditions.

In the struggle to keep on schedule, staying on course and staying in
touch has been essential and Nokia has played a pivotal role providing the
Nokia 6110 for GPS navigation, map checking, web searches, documenting video,
and those all important calls back home.

"The Long Way Down has been an amazing journey and it has been a real
privilege to be able to experience these diverse and beautiful places. We've
had the opportunity to see such different ways of life to ours and have
travelled to remote places very few people have access to. The sense of
freedom and exploration has been incredible," says McGregor.

"We were both up for an adventure and Africa has certainly given us
that," says Charley. "There have been times when it has been unbelievably
hard going but that has been countered by amazing riding and extraordinary
people. Africa is a continent full of undiscovered wonder and we both feel
incredibly lucky we've been able to experience this together and to have
survived with some brilliant stories to tell."

The Nokia 6110 Navigator brings together GPS (Global Positioning System)
and AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) with always-on mobile
connectivity in a feature-rich, compact device. The phone features video
calling and sharing functionality, a 2 megapixel camera and a large and
bright 2,2" QVGA screen, offering up to 16 million colors. The phone has a
talk-time of up to 3,5 hours and a standby time of 11 days.

Editor's notes:

Photography and video footage from Long Way Down can be found at:

Photos:

http://www.nokia.com/A4136017?category=6110n

Video:

http://www.nokia.com/link?cid=EDITORIAL_103347

About Long Way Down

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman will take to the road together once
more as they bike through Europe and Africa taking the Long Way Down. Along
the way they will stop to experience African culture, meet local people and
visit UNICEF sites. Starting at John O'Groats and finishing in Cape Town,
Ewan and Charley plan on going down the East coast taking in such countries
as Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Namibia before reaching South Africa.
www.longwaydown.com contains all the latest information on the trip.
Producer/ Directors Russ Malkin of Big Earth and David Alexanian of Elixir
films will produce the six part TV series for the BBC.

About the Nokia 6110 Navigator

The Nokia 6110 Navigator offers instant and easy-to-use maps, routing and
voice guided navigation available with the click of the phone's one-touch
Navigator key. Consumers can quickly and easily view their current location
on the map, search for destinations, find specific routes, or locate services
such as restaurants, hotels or shops that are nearby. Featuring full
turn-by-turn 3D navigation, the Nokia 6110 Navigator suggests the best route
to follow to reach a location by car or on foot. The Nokia 6110 Navigator
also features AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) to ensure greater
performance and faster positioning.

The Nokia 6110 Navigator comes with a local map pre-installed on the
memory card ready for immediate navigation. Additional maps and content -
such as traffic information, weather services and travel guides - can be
purchased online and transferred to the phone. The maps also show thousands
of points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, shops or other services
nearby the location.

www.nokia.com

Source: Nokia

Media Enquiries: Nokia Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, E-mail: press.office@nokia.com. Long Way Down, Mecah O'Meara, Tel. +44-207-467-9248, Fax: +44-207-467-9201, Mobile phone: +44-7816-025286, Switchboard: +44-207-467-9200, Email: mecah.o'meara@bisslancaster.com. David Wiles, Tel. +44-207-467-9261, Fax: +44-207-467-9201, Mobile phone: +44-7968-700321, Switchboard: +44-207-467-9200, Email: david.wiles@bisslancaster.com

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