Topic Review (Newest First)
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| 20-10-2008 08:42 AM |
| bartmanekul |
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Originally Posted by xerxes
I hope this is real but it doesn't say anywhere on the page that it is compatible with Symbian and the screenshots are all from WinMob (no soft key prompts)
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Turned out to be fake, heres the reply from Tomtom when I asked about it:
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Dear Luke
This is fake - there is no retail box for Navigator 7 - it's an OEM product. You can tell this box is a fake, and they have used the old TomTom logo! We would never do that on a new box 
Kind regards,
******
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| 17-10-2008 09:46 PM |
| juwlz |
Beta
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Why ask for Beta then?? why try it on the device which is not supported? don't see a point of ranting at all.
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Er, I think you've misread ... we didn't. One of the three was, admittedly a pre-release version of something that should have been released by the time I got a copy of it, but had been delayed. The other two were already very much released.
The only one that wasn't intended to run on the device I used it on was the one that worked best, i.e. TomTom, not one of the review packages. The manufacturers were fully aware of the device I planned to test on.
Julie
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| 17-10-2008 06:58 PM |
| ltv |
thanks for the tip @unregistered,
i reinstalled nokia maps 2 and reloaded the maps for india. Both seem to be updated.
There are some flyovers in mumbai which have come up this year. Earlier I seemed to be flying though the air at these points, now these roads are on the map.
I had never been able to calculate a route offline before, it would think and then tell me "no route found. Do you want to check online?" and then it would come up with something. Now offline route calculation is working - i tried two or three different ones.
The software also seems to be more responsive - earlier it used to freeze for a few seconds whenever i started typing something into the search box. This is not happening now.
Search is still a big disappointment - inspite of having the commercial india insight guide installed, a search for the prince of wales museum gives me the closest hit in montreal, canada - 14499 km away. Actually there is one of that name in south mumbai and it is a national landmark. The insight guide has not been value for money overall - perhaps the new lonely planet guides will fare better.
The biggest surprise is this - i started nokia maps just now sitting in my living room (no gps), and I saw that the My Position option was enabled. I chose that and it zoomed right upto a location less than 500 m away. This was not my last gps position either. Has nokia maps also started doing that google cell tower thingy? Or maybe it was already there and i wasnt just aware of this.
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I have tried amaze briefly before, but i didnt realize there was so much to it. Will be definitely installing it again.
My favorite still continues to be google maps, since nokia maps is pretty much useless outside 4 or 5 cities in india - whereas google maps has got much more uniform coverage.
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| 17-10-2008 05:48 PM |
| xerxes |
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Originally Posted by pennas
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I hope this is real but it doesn't say anywhere on the page that it is compatible with Symbian and the screenshots are all from WinMob (no soft key prompts)
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| 17-10-2008 05:14 PM |
| bartmanekul |
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Originally Posted by pennas
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My my, thats an interesting link. I'll ask my contact at tomtom.
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| 17-10-2008 05:11 PM |
| pennas |
http://www.easydevices.co.uk/pp/Soft...N_IRELAND.html
Could it be true?
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| 17-10-2008 02:57 PM |
| bartmanekul |
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
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"My only issues with Garmin are that they don't allow you to move the software from their standard 2 GB microSD card to your own larger card and that there isn't the ability to get maps for different parts of the world loaded onto a single memory card. You have to physically swap out the microSD cards for each region."
LOL1 Garmin XT has been extensively hacked and is becoming as pirated as TomTom. It will do all that and more.
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Yes, most people here know that. But for simplicities sake, its not mentioned when advising people, or doing reviews etc.
As for over the air solutions, I find them totally pointless.
The routing has never been good on any of them, and whats the point relying on GPS if you need a signal?
If your out in the wilds and lost without a network signal, its as good as a brick.
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| 17-10-2008 02:23 PM |
| davekolmer |
amAze gps is indeed amAzing
Following up on Dbournique's comment, I too often use amAze GPS on my Nokia 6120c (with Nokia's BT GPS device) here in the US. I also have Maps 2.0 and Google maps, and have found each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Frankly, I hardly ever use Maps...I don't really care for the graphics (which get darker as you zoom out), and the header and footer take up a lot of potential map space. When I need traffic data, quick startup, and/or a dependable search engine, I use Google Maps; but here again, the colors are terrible IMHO...yellow roads and a gray background...not much contrast especially in bright daylight. But for serious road trips, I use amAze GPS. It's quite impressive, and includes voice navigation. The graphics are clear and bright, with good color selection for high contrast. The cons to this software (v4.0) are (a) long startup time, (b) poor search engine for POI's, and (c) sometimes there is too much map data displayed, resulting in an overly complex view. Otherwise, it's awesome...and free.
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| 17-10-2008 02:22 PM |
| Unregistered |
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"My only issues with Garmin are that they don't allow you to move the software from their standard 2 GB microSD card to your own larger card and that there isn't the ability to get maps for different parts of the world loaded onto a single memory card. You have to physically swap out the microSD cards for each region."
LOL1 Garmin XT has been extensively hacked and is becoming as pirated as TomTom. It will do all that and more.
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| 17-10-2008 12:51 PM |
| bartmanekul |
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
As an alternative, you should take a look at Sygic McGuider.
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Not if you want to get there in a decent time, or be able to use all postcodes.
There is a postcode bug, and since there is no update procedure, a lot of people are stuck with it.
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| 17-10-2008 12:40 PM |
| Unregistered |
As an alternative, you should take a look at Sygic McGuider.
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| 17-10-2008 12:39 PM |
| bartmanekul |
Nothing here I havent said before 
I have to voice amazment at the fact you find Nokia maps the best Steve - its by far one of the worst I have tried, in many areas.
I have used, in no particular order:
Tomtom
Garmin XT
Navicore
Copilot
McGuider (sygic)
And a fair few free ones which work over the air. Which I generally dont bother with, because they are so awful.
It really is tiring, and its amazing that they cannot get it right. I am not expecting the perfect GPS, because its simply not possible.
However, there is always so many things which should be obvious. I am currently compling a list to send to all companies to show what would be best.
Garmin is brilliant, but locked to a 2GB memory card? And no possible mapupdate, since you have to buy another memory card, the whole bundle again.
Copilot 7 is possibly the nearest, but seem to suffer from slightly buggy software, especially copilot central, the PC software. Its awful.
Mcguider is by far the best looking, and easiest to use. But routing and bugs knocks this out.
I could go on. But Nokia Maps deserves a special mention here....
Because its bloody AWFUL.
Nokia bought Navteq, and they have the might and resources to make it good. Instead, they make a buggy, feature lacking unintuitive bit of software.
Annoyingly, it has by far the most potential. Its preinstalled on every S60 phone. Its going to start being preinstalled on some S40 phones (already is on the 6300i).
I just dont understand the total lack of will by all these companies to do something. Its blatently obvious to anyone with a brain GPS in phones is going to get so much bigger, and eventually become the norm. At some point everyone will have it on their phones, it will be a given.
Rant over.
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| 17-10-2008 12:26 PM |
| Arthur |
Nokia Maps # 1 - lol, you're joking right? Nokia Maps is utter crapware.
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| 17-10-2008 12:12 PM |
| igb |
I'll try updating my maps 2.0 software. Sometimes it's fine, but other times it *really* screws up. My worst experience was coming down from Scotland on the M6. I wanted to get to a Travelodge which was on an A road about 19 miles from the motorway. About a mile from the destination Nokia maps told me I was there and instructed me to turn into a narrow lane. Thinking that the place was obviously only a few yards away I turned into the lane.
Maps 2.0 then took me on a 10 mile drive through country lanes to emerge back on the A road next to my destination! It was 10:30pm and raining horizontally. I was towing a trailer, so couldn't easily do a three point turn and had three very tired children in the back.
Ian.
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| 17-10-2008 09:01 AM |
| Unregistered |
If you haven't already, its important to reinstall Nokia Maps 2 and the map data as they were all fixed up recently by Nokia. It works well on my N82...not perfectly, but well. I have found that its important to not use it too much on long, complicated routes as you most likely will ride some extra distance. Also, if you're navigating a city route it's important to sit back and just TRUST it to get you there. 99% of the time it will get you there, even if the routing is questionable. Once or twice it has brought me near to my destination but then driven me around in repetitive, non-progressive circles. I use it a lot and mostly it's pretty trouble free. As I said, just trust!
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