Thread: Ovi Maps Fail
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mistermix is offline mistermix
2009-10-28 , 18:56
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Originally Posted by olighak View Post
No, I´m not sure about that. I do like the maps to be updated and I do realize that somebody will have to fund that. And I don´t want advertisements to take up space on my device screen, instead of it showing me the map.
At the moment, Google Maps on Mobile doesn't show any ads. I'm sure that might change at some point, but I doubt that Google will ever take up huge amounts of mobile screen space with their apps.

Originally Posted by olighak View Post
In just the same way I´d rather pay a little more for my TV and get rid of the crap ads that show up every 10 minutes here in the US, instead of watching Shampoo/Snuggie/Gold commercials.
This isn't the Google Maps experience -- far from it. Google's app is one of the best on the market, with no ads.

I still think Google's announcement today makes Ovi Maps paid turn-by-turn nav a tough sell in the US, at least. The main N900 competitors here (Android and iPhone) will both have something for free that Nokia wants to charge for.