No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

Looks like the symbian folks are getting a fresh update to ovi maps? Whats good for us Maemo folks?

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

I guess we get our share of complaint threads here :rolleyes:

Well, summer is over and the trainees who made the original Maps version for N900 are long gone.

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

(sigh) Oh well, one could only hope :-)

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

It'll be out for MeeGo too, since Nokia is using Qt.
Come to think of it, Actually, it should work for the N900 too :)

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

This is a tablet, not a phone. Only Nokia PHONES get Ovi maps! :p

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

It will be fun laughing with you guys when the new maps for n900 comes out, just wait and see :P

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

You do know what Qt is sir?

While the QT parts are very probably a simple copy and paste with a few tweaks for screen resolution and orientation, the underlying code that drives it all, not so much. Symbian to Maemo, entirely different beast, it's not just a scratchbox recompile, it's a significant rewrite.

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

You don't know Qt either obviously. If the new maps app is built using Qt. It will be able to be cross compiled for maemo/symbian/meego WITHOUT the need for new code to be written. The only changes in code will be for screen resolution ect.

Its whole design purpose was so that developers could write the program once and then release it across multiple platforms! Nokia probably want to try and get as many platforms as they can into Qt such as Android and WinMo at some point!

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

godofwar424, I think essentially dchky was saying the same as you.... he's saying symbian -> maemo is a rewrite, BUT with QT in the middle, it's much more cross platform compatible.

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

Qt or not, only Nokia is able to do the compilation.

And currently it looks like Nokia does not even remember that it has ever manufactured thing called N900. All resources are elsewhere.

I'm quite pessimistic of having Maps on N900 at same level as other Nokia phones. Hopefully I'm wrong..

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

No update? No surprise.

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

That should be the N900's slogan..

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

Clearly you don't understand what I am saying, color me unimpressed by your misinterpretation.

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

With QtMobility, the underlying code should also work with Symbian and Maemo. ;)

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

yeah my bro's got a simple nokia 5530 and still has ovi maps 3 and it really bothers when he tells me that i hv bought an expensive Nokia tablet for more than double the price with no free turn by turn.

Am really tired of waiting...for the day when we get it :(

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

At least we have GPS hardware and the 5530 doesn't ;)

Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 

sorry i meant 5230...this nokia terminolgy can get bit confusin at times ;) and that has A-GPS