I´ve used ovi maps with my N95 and it works fine.
How come Nokia doesn´t realese a decent version for maemo/n900? Hey, if u wanna compete with Apple u have to match them with this! Voiceguide, downloadable maps....asf!
I´ve used ovi maps with my N95 and it works fine.
How come Nokia doesn´t realese a decent version for maemo/n900? Hey, if u wanna compete with Apple u have to match them with this! Voiceguide, downloadable maps....asf!
N900 and N95 runs totally different system.
Once an Ovi Maps for Symbian is done, it's easy to port to other Symbian devices, the development and testing cost and time is minimal.
The maemo version is totally different, it takes a full development cycle just to make a version and only serves one device, the N900.
Not to defend for Nokia, but by comparing the customer base of N900 to Symbian, which might have larger base than iPhone, it totally makes sense to focus on the Symbian release as business decision.
You really can't expect the same support of Symbian on Maemo, or you have set your expectation too high or you have bought the wrong device
The Ovi Maps on the latest firmware is pretty good for me, and with the preload map, totally can replace Google Maps for me, just without traffic information.
I´ve used ovi maps with my N95 and it works fine.
How come Nokia doesn´t realese a decent version for maemo/n900?
Actually, I was using an N95 and my N900 side by for navigation and [if you're willing to ignore the lack of pre-downloadable maps, turn-by-turn or voice navigation and re-calculation of routes on the fly] the N900 software was much better.
Actually, I was using an N95 and my N900 side by for navigation and [if you're willing to ignore the lack of pre-downloadable maps, turn-by-turn or voice navigation and re-calculation of routes on the fly] the N900 software was much better.
You can preload the map on N900 using Nokia Map Loader on XP, or there is some trick can be done to get it work on Win 7 (without running in XP mode) or might also work on Vista
I'm going to Jordan, Israel and Egypt next month and I've already loaded the Jordan and Egypt map, but Israel map is not available from Nokia, for whatever unknown reason, which is a big disappiontment
I´ve used ovi maps with my N95 and it works fine.
How come Nokia doesn´t realese a decent version for maemo/n900? Hey, if u wanna compete with Apple u have to match them with this! Voiceguide, downloadable maps....asf!
you are absolutely RIGHT. so if maemo can get the voiceguide and downloadable maps in less then 3.5 years from launching this device, they could potentially be ahead.
heck, since you can already load maps, all they need is the voice. hope that doesnt take longer then 3 years and 4 months to do it!
Anyone else noticed that when you send a email with ovi mail, it will attach a signature saying:
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Ovi Mail: Create an account directly from your phone http://mail.ovi.com
And I didn't find a setting to put it off, unless the way to put it off would be to turn signature on, which is pretty dumb to begin with. If signature is disabled, there should not be nothing there.
I even tryed enabling signature and leaving it blank, yet it still attaches the nokia signature. Somehow feels very low. Atleast Gmail just pops up a note "invite user to gmail" or something like that. Nokias way just seems desperate.
You can preload the map on N900 using Nokia Map Loader on XP, or there is some trick can be done to get it work on Win 7 (without running in XP mode) or might also work on Vista
I'm going to Jordan, Israel and Egypt next month and I've already loaded the Jordan and Egypt map, but Israel map is not available from Nokia, for whatever unknown reason, which is a big disappiontment
whats the trick with win7, i used the manual way and worked, do u have something else,
finally got map loader to work with N900, i have 3 laptops with vista and an old tower system stuck in the back of cupboard with winxp plugged it in and worked great with n900 i now have the new mapsinstalled on my n900 with voice and turn by turn navigation.
