will fremantle have nokia maps or wayfinder?
I am planning to buy a navigation service. But the problem is do i buy the wayfinder and hope it is going to br there in fremantle or just wait for nokia maps?
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I would be very surprised if they didn't use Nokia Maps on Fremantle, or at least the version after that (Harmattan is it?).
Nokia spent literally billions of euros buying the map data company Navteq, they must surely want to use that to their advantage on their products. |
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Anyway, all signs (and sources) point to Nokia Maps. |
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sachin007 I have had WayFinder née Navicore since day 1. In the beginning I was very enthusiastic and used it daily for about a month. During the next 2 years I have only used it maybe 8 or 9 times... It is that painful an interface. Maps and POI's have not been updated significantly in all that time either. I guess what I'm saying is I would not consider the full featured WayFinder on the tablets as it is now, in the same league as even the cheapest PNA. WayFinder is not worthy of consideration, IMHO. |
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This also goes back to, and supports btw, your "blessed" app argument. Why deveklop a commercial app that will compete with an app that was pre-ordained by the device manufacturer. Margins are small at even a $100 a pop. At the same time, people will need help in justifing a purchase like a not yet named Nokia handheld device that is also not a phone. TomTom could very easily be ported to freemantle, or even bora for that matter. TomTom has been doing it for years for WinMo and Palm devices and it has provided new versions within weeks of OS upgrades. |
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You and I aren't involved in the commercial support structure nor the relationship between Nokia and commercial developers, nor do we have any control over it or input for it. Community development and developers, on the other hand, we do. So it's not worth wasting much breath on the former. Quote:
Give me a justifiable example of a community mapping application that would care about what mapping software Nokia's bundling with the platform (beyond the fact that they will be bundling something) and you might just have a point, but I'll make it easy, you can't because there isn't. ;) |
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BTW, it could have been a lot easier for both of us had you qualified that word in the first place. The valid point that I thought sachin007 raised was that it is difficult for a consumer to budget money for the future purchase of a device without knowing what tasks that device can perform or; why waste money on a separate device now if the next Maemo device can perform the same functions. However, if I knew you wanted to play a game of checkers over language skills... I would have brought a comfortable chair. :p |
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Really, whatever, all signs seem to point to Nokia Maps being bundled on the next device and you can make whatever purchasing decision you want based on that. |
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Regarding commercial developers, there is plenty of room for competition with built-in map apps. Nokia Maps comes with every Nokia smartphone, but there are many commercial third party S60 apps available as alternatives.
If Maemo devices sell well, I'm sure third party publishers would release rival map software whether or not the devices come with Nokia Maps. |
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