Not necessarily. Google Maps still relies on you having a cell signal to download the maps. If youŽve ever driven outside of US cities youŽd know how many times one looses a signal. For those travels Google Maps is not the answer, Ovi Maps is. I have to admit though, that through my 2.5 years of using Nokia maps I always preferred Maps 1.0 for symbian to 2.0 and 3.0. It seemed like the later versions always wanted to call home to mommy to calculate directions, while 1.0 was happy to do it by itself without having a signal. That calling home to calculate a route bugged the hell out of me and made it tricky to use in the boons of Maine, New Brunswick or West Virginia.