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Biggest Disappointment: Nav Software
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icerabbit
2007-12-03 , 18:25
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My two main reasons for looking at upgrading to the N810 (and participating in the giveaway contest) are - quite understandably - the built-in keyboard and GPS / navigation.
So, I really appreciate everybody's feedback they posted here and in other threads, GPS and general. I didn't expect the thing to be perfect, but it really sounds second rate. Several reports and video of slow GPS locking, map performance, rendering issues, etc. ... and the fact that you have to pay an additional routing tax. It is not necessarily a huge cost, and I understand they leave it as an option without jacking up the base price, but when you can buy $100 - $150 devices that include the maps & routing & voice ... which may very well outperform the N810 ... I have no motivation to pay for routing or voice. If they included that, and charge a small fee for significant map / software updates in 6 months. That's a different story. The other thing is carrying the license over. It seems people that have the current software & GPS kit are left in the cold.
So, anyway, the GPS performance & routing tax has me looking elsewhere for my next UMPC.
I will stick around with my N800 though
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