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Navigation is not there, at all...
Thought I'd fire up Ovi maps today after downloading the latest maps with the map downloader (which doesn't work on vista or win 7 :@)

Unusable IMO. Tried a simple route from GPS position to my workplace. First of all there was no GPS lock as I expected as was inside my house. The location it started from was the other side of a river I live by, in a field (!). The route started the other side of the river to where the red dot is so if i was where it said i was I would have to swim the river.

Then it directed me onto a dual carriageway and to do an illegal u turn at the next set of lights.

And to top it all off the business park where I work is incorrectly named.

I haven't even bothered using it whilst on the road, would be if anything, dangerous.

So even if it had turn by turn, voice guidance, route alternatives, traffic info, POI's, ability to store favorite places and home, it would still be unusable. Also the satellite view virtually locks up the device its that slow. So thanks Nokia for making a useless Navigation tool free to all.

The TomTom on my N95 which is several years out of date still works flawlessly apart from a few new roads not being on it. One good reason to keep hold of it for a while yet...
 

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