Said gerbick: "Palm Pre doesn't support OBEX." Of all the devices out, you mention the newest one with the newest OS? How long before you think Palm supports it? Three years?? Besides the Pre, what phone, smart or feature, over $275, doesn't have OBEX push?
Gerbick said in response to my assessment of Google Maps' lack of offline data: "I've yet to be out of my cell network - and I've traveled 49 out of 50 US states. Mind you, when I'm out of area, I tend to know where I'm going anyway." Ok, but a navigator is mainly for when you get lost. And what do you tell the Indian farmer is the remote village where there is no data service? He had a Tom Tom for navigation, but wants a smartphone. Should he get an iPhone or a Symbian/Maemo one with offline map data? If you rarely travel outside of civilized or networked areas, do you even need mapping software?
You make many excuses for Apple, but were you stuck in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, with no cellular service for miles, you'd see the superiority of the more flexible platform. Like the guy on HGTV's "Real Estate Intervention" says,"I think you will make any excuse for your [device], but you have to admit, this [Nokia device] is better equipped and worth more than yours."
Gerbick said: "Too bad Wayfinder isn't the same as Navteq because Wayfinder on the N810 basically sucked." Wayfinder sucked period. Navteq isn't an app, by the way, but a map data company. They make the maps many companies use for maps and programs. It's owned by Nokia, and most companies pay them for that data to make their maps. If a map app has Navteq maps, they're usually the best, much better than Google's.
Gerbick said: "On your platform of choice, you have Navteq and whatever Ovi will hopefully deliver. On the iPhone, it's there (Google Maps) by default and other options exist." We all know that. You see an app that's free to download on every device that supports installing apps as a selling point? Ovi Maps vs. Google Maps is no contest! And much more options existed for Symbian, and will for Ovi as well. The fact is that Apple lags on navigation features. But the iPhans call it a computer??