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2010-02-01 , 14:15
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Originally Posted by Helmuth View Post
From a technical point of view it is very reasonable to use the manpower to focus on the Harmattan Version. I bet, like the rest of the system UI, this version is then written in QT.

So, they have to port them from GTK to QT. The work has just began or finished. So it is not reasonable to develop the old GTK Version and the new QT Version when the end of GTK is scheduled.

We've got soon full QT 4.6 support for the N900.
Advertised here many times: "Develop as much as you can from now on in QT, not in GTK. So the Programms could run under Harmattan without rewriting the code. (or only small changes)"

So, when the Harmattan Version of OVI Maps is based on QT and it is a, from the system firmware, independent Software. Shouldn't it be so hard to port it for the N900 when the Harmattan Version is relased?

So the only reason to point this to Harmattan is because of the long time of development?


Hmm... just a couple of own thoughts.

I bet, qgil wont answer. I'm sure, he's hacked off by this topic... and I can understand this very good.


Personnally, I already knew about the lack in OVI maps when I ordered the N900. But I thought it's only a early beta. "Wait 3 Month and Nokia will fix it. They got the source from the Symbian Version. No problem. They have only to rewrite the UI." But, I guess, I was mistaken.
Based on the misleading "marketing" practices of Nokia with regard to OVI and the N900, I am beginning to think even "fixed in harmattan" is dubious.

Why, when entering an address in contacts does the N900 assign an OVi maps icon to it if clicking on it does nothing?
These "fixed in harmattan" reports are for single issues and are by no means an indicator that "OVI" as a whole will be fixed.

Is there posted anywhere by Nokia a bullet list of actual features planned for fremantle? Are there goals set for harmattan?

...or will Nokia simply allow bloggers and tech support to point to a resolved bug report of a single issue when asked about OVI as a whole, load the new device and marketing collateral with images of "OVI", and let future customers believe what they want?

The Map program shipped by Nokia on the N900 is in no way complete. Demo versions of TomTom from 3 years ago have more features enabled. There is zero integration with other apps, no way to enter or edit POI’s, and the thing doesn’t even support the N900’s on screen keyboard. The simplest of tasks required by any mapping program is to find or show the way home. With this app you cannot do that without tedium.

Turn by turn navigation is the least of its short comings. I fear that in harmatten we may see turn by turn, and nothing else. I am more disappointed that some of the other issues may not be addressed in fremantle.

…and before anyone suggests I search the bug reports to find the answer or “feel free” to propose or vote for yet another brainstorm, How about no. How about instead, fly a group of Nokia executives to a town 500 miles away, give them each an N900, the keys to a rental car, and then tell them to find their way home.

…or better yet, find their way to a meeting scheduled the next day to discuss OVI services on the N900. They can find the address in an email that was sent to them.
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