Wayfinder Premium Service available
 

Finally the Premium services from Wayfinder can be purchased.

We all knew the prices. For Western Europe it's 99€ for 36 months.
Official support for N800 too.

No words on what's the Premium services actually are (a part from turn-by-turn navigation with voice)

Edit: I've also discovered that Nav4All is planning to release to port it's navigation software to the N800 as well:

http://nav4all.com/site2/nav4all.com...ernet%20Tablet

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Nav4All has been saying that for over 1 year....

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I know the navigation stuff has just become available, but does anybody know if you can see the turn-by-turn directions before you travel? For example, I have a route and it shows it on the map. Before I go though, I'd like to be able to look at a "real map" (or at least a larger map on my laptop) and know what turns I'm making before I go. Does Wayfinder list those turns somewhere? I like to be able to look at the list (at rest stops, usually) and kind of know what's coming... Also, how good is it at rerouting you if you miss a turn or if you go a "back way"?

Thanks!!

- Mandy

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You can not...

Having been a Navicore/Wayfinder user since the begining on the N800 >>http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ead.php?t=6380

I have favorably reviewed and used the product since >>http://my.opera.com/yodude/blog/2007...e-screen-shots

So... while waiting for this "Wayfinder" upgrade I was hoping this app would have improved. It has not.

IMHO, a better alternative to purchasing the "Wayfinder" app for either the N800 or the N810 @ $129 for 36 months would be to purchase a stand alone car navigator for the same or less..

>> https://shop.wayfinder.com/productgr...id=81&catid=15

VS.

>> $129.00 or $99.00

You will get the features you want, quicker GPS fix, and although they are smaller screen sizes than the N800/10's, they actually show about the same size map when in the navigation mode.

http://files.myopera.com/yodude/blog/normalnav.png

VS.

http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal...p3D_1000ft.jpg

No one has been a bigger fan of the Navicore/Wayfinder app than me on this site. However, if the tablets are to be a consumer device then IMHO, consumers should vote with their $$$'s and purchase alternatives until someone produces an app that utilizes the tablets full potential.

Wayfinder could have been so much more than this sophomoric effort that they have presented us. :(

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Wayfinder doesn't give you a routing list. But you can enter your route and press D-pad UP/DOWN to simulate driving (step by step)...

Not really practically, but imho the only way to see details (direction instructions etc.) of your route.

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Thanks guys. I have a feeling we'll still go ahead and purchase a license but for any heavy duty trips we'll use our Garmin GPS. This will work ok for when I'm running around town and lost! I have a habit of going to one place, remembering I need to go to 3 others but I never know the best way to get there!

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I agree 100%. I'm really disappointed in the included app to the point that I just wouldn't spend any money on additional software. I'll wait for 3rd party apps to fill the gap and use a Garmin in the car.

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Having gone for a drive with the navigation this evening - YUCK!!! I think I'll save my money and maybe play a little more with Maemo mapper. Just looking at the navigation stuff in the living room, it looked decent, but it's practically useless on the road. It also doesn't help that there's a lot of construction happening around here so the roads aren't in the "right place", lol. I hope they'll work on the Wayfinder stuff, but it definitely has a long way to go!

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Does anyone know how long the Navicore licence keys lasts for the Wayfinder service?

I shall be a bid fed up if it is only 36 months. if that is the case I would rather Navicore made a software update for the 2008OS.

Sorry if this question is answered elsewhere, I just came across this thread and haven't looked further.

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The only value I can see of having Wayfinder on my N800 is that I'm perhaps more likely to have it with me than a standalone GPS - for those unexpected GPSing needs.

BTW, has anyone using Wayfinder maps discovered HAWAII???

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Perfect... can I use this as an example?

Join my new club!

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You are a busy boy, aren't you?

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Actually I'm quite disappointed with the Wayfinder. I've been using Navicore for a week or so and I liked it. YEsterday I tried Wayfinder and it wanted me to turn right under a bridge and led me on silly routes... Maybe I was just on a wrong way and Navicore would have done the same but... For the first try, I don't like this software!

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The Wayfinder stance on the Navicore licence is stated here
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...958#post111958

Goods news for those of us who have already purchased Navicore. Now i don't have to feel fed up.

Navicore worked really well and I find criticisms of Wayfinder worrying. I shall find out for myself soon enough.

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We'll I'd just like to get the new Wayfinder running. I've just tried installing it on my new N810.

I just purchased the new Wayfinder Navicore that just became available a few days ago. I chose to download it to my PC and use their PC based install facility to load it on my N810. First of all, the download took something like 11+ hours. It was downloading (creeping) at something like 48k baud. The download was 1.4GB.

First I upgraded to OS2008 2.2007.50-2 - required for the new wayfinder - which went fairly smoothly, although after a backup restore I still had to re-install several apps.

I decided to place the Nav files on my internal memory card, which already had the normal map files on it, so I (probably foolishly) uninstalled the std map app, and deleted the map files already on the internal drive. I now had 1.9gb free. I hooked up my usb to the N810 and I ran Wayfinder's Windows XP based Nokia install application. It successfully copied the files to my N810's internal mc.

I then went to the N810 application manager and installed Navicore from the .deb file that was on the imc. It installed successfully. The Navicore desktop applet even showed up. HOWEVER, when I tried to execute Navicore, "Navicore loading..." appears for about 5 seconds then simply disappears with no Navicore running. Using xterm and executing the "top" command, confirms it is not running.

So I'm stuck. I sent a web page form e-mail to support. I'd like to phone them but they won't let you do that without a license key. Although I got purchase confirmation e-mails, I've not yet received a license key, so I can't do this. Additionally, it turns out that to send support an e-mail, you have to be sure your're on the correct support mail page. The "main" support mail page doesn't list the N770/N8X0 devices. You have to browse about a bit.

Its becoming a real PITA. Just thought I'd relate my fun. Will be interesting to see it if get a response or solution.

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Hm, what was the name of the deb file? It seems to me that you installed the navigation programm for OS2007 (then from navicore), which can't work in OS2008. What is it called in the menu, which name and version shows the programm-manager? In the programm-manager and the menu it has to be "map" and the version should be 2.2.6.377-1.

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--- Lovely, after following the wayfinder home page link to the "new" N810 software, to the shop, to purchase, to download of the North American edition - with N810 / OS2008 always mentioned - Application Manager says my version is 2.2.1.62 which might explain why it won't run.

I've logged in to Wayfinder, looked at my order, and rechecked the downloads from there - all always mention N810/OS2008. I don't know what I might have done wrong. Yep - I upgraded my N810 to v2.2007.50-2 (from the default .42-18 IIRC).

A least I found my pdf with my license key so I can use the support webform mail. Unfortunately, the link to provide me with support phone #'s won't accept my license key so I'll have to wait for them to respond to webform mail. I'm getting really annoyed. I'd like to think I've just done something stupid...