N900 free ovi navigation?
 

Does the n900 come with free ovi navigation or must you subscribe just as with the other symbian devices?

Raptor

Re: N900 free ovi navigation?
 

I have been wondering the same thing and would also like to hear the answer for this :)

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i think the basic maps are free, but anything else like turn by turn direction, those kind of feature you need to pay a fee for them. i'm just speculating here.

Re: N900 free ovi navigation?
 

Second option, check OVI for pricing

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Navigation on the N900 is not even an option right now. Ovi Maps on the N900 appears to be a very limited version of the application. It's missing many features (like offline map loading and Ovi syncing) compared to the Ovi Maps 3.x application on Symbian devices. Hopefully in the future they'll release a real 3.x app for the N900.

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Agreed about the Ovi Maps being pretty basic on the N900 preview. Heres hoping things will get more useful soon.

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Ovi for the N900 is almost unusable save for determining your location.

It has been a real disappointment to see the maps application stripped down completely from the S60 version. Its pitiful that the interface is clunky and unintuitive.

For some reason, since yesterday, its failing to even get a GPS fix. There is no information of whats going on with the fix - satellites in view / signal strength etc. This may be a problem with the N900 GPS radio but its hard to say.

I also miss the 'Favorites' feature which allows saving of the current position.

Moreove, the latest Ovi Suite PC application does not support the N900.

I hope there are plans to spruce up the app in the near term and bring it closer to the S60 version if not better.

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Might it be possible to use the same version of navicore on the N900 that I have on my N810 (.377) since I have the deb?

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I really hope that Nokia is working at it. After all, Ovi (or Nokia) Maps is one of they strengths.

For example, I currently have the TomTom 920T and Ovi Maps on Nokia 5800. I have been testing them side by side and I've been surprised how well Ovi Maps compares to TomTom. Actually in some areas it is even better.

Of course the large screen TomTom makes it much more usable in the car, even though it must have one of the most horrendous touch screen ever made! But I think the N900 could be a real contender, if it was at least as good as in S60.

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I didn't know it was stripped down. I thought this OVI maps, was the same as the OVI maps on S60.

It's been nice using Nokia Maps 2.0 on my N95, along with GoogleMaps it's great (also they share the same "favourites", so I can find something on Google Maps, save it as a favourite, and navigate to it using Nokia Maps).

Currently, what is the best SatNav solution for the N900 then?