Nokia Ovi Maps

JonPaulWild · 08-09-2010, 11:19

Just wondering if any one uses theses on their Nokia phones?

I know they're advertised as free sat nav software, but is there cahrges for its use such as bandwidth etc? Or is it totally free?

clonmult · 08-09-2010, 11:20

Data will never be truly free, but you can switch off that part of it, so it runs "totally free".

Quite good as well

flagpole · 08-09-2010, 11:33

there are a couple of things....

downloading the maps takes data. but you can download them on your computer using the nokia map loader.

finding your position using a-gps takes a tiny bit of data <1kB

some searches seem to use data.

andyf94 · 08-09-2010, 13:09

I use it on a Nokia5800. There was a recent upgrade for it, (at least if was recent for me), and i think, for a freebie, it's a cracking app.

I've just come back from a trip to Belgium where I used it to get me from hotel to meeting place. I'd previously donwloaded the maps for Belgium and set my phone to have to request online access for any app, so denied it access when it asked to go online.

For walking, as I was doing, set the map in 3D mode and off you go, complete with voice assistance, it was as good as a tom-tom.

gomezz · 08-09-2010, 19:45

I have noticed that if it does not go online that sometimes it cannot compute a Drive route. I have not been able to fathom the rhyme or reason for when it does this. The workaround is to get it do a Walk route instead which never fails but needs more care to drive to (watch out for those pedestrian precincts!

).

I tried to install the recent upgrade yesterday but it complained about there not being enough internal memory. Anyone else had this problem on their 5800 and how do you get to see all the memory that seems to be hidden as I can't find out what is taking up 60MB odd of memory. Is that where the OS lives?

08-09-2010, 11:19	#1
JonPaulWild Inactive Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,067	Nokia Ovi Maps Just wondering if any one uses theses on their Nokia phones? I know they're advertised as free sat nav software, but is there cahrges for its use such as bandwidth etc? Or is it totally free?

08-09-2010, 11:20	#2
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Data will never be truly free, but you can switch off that part of it, so it runs "totally free". Quite good as well

08-09-2010, 11:33	#3
flagpole Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,524	there are a couple of things.... downloading the maps takes data. but you can download them on your computer using the nokia map loader. finding your position using a-gps takes a tiny bit of data <1kB some searches seem to use data.

08-09-2010, 13:09	#4
andyf94 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sunny South Coast Posts: 298	I use it on a Nokia5800. There was a recent upgrade for it, (at least if was recent for me), and i think, for a freebie, it's a cracking app. I've just come back from a trip to Belgium where I used it to get me from hotel to meeting place. I'd previously donwloaded the maps for Belgium and set my phone to have to request online access for any app, so denied it access when it asked to go online. For walking, as I was doing, set the map in 3D mode and off you go, complete with voice assistance, it was as good as a tom-tom.

08-09-2010, 19:45	#5
gomezz Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Buckingham Posts: 28,590	I have noticed that if it does not go online that sometimes it cannot compute a Drive route. I have not been able to fathom the rhyme or reason for when it does this. The workaround is to get it do a Walk route instead which never fails but needs more care to drive to (watch out for those pedestrian precincts! ). I tried to install the recent upgrade yesterday but it complained about there not being enough internal memory. Anyone else had this problem on their 5800 and how do you get to see all the memory that seems to be hidden as I can't find out what is taking up 60MB odd of memory. Is that where the OS lives?

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