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Ovi Maps 3.0 or Sygic?
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bjknight
2010-03-26 , 19:59
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Sygic is functional and does what it needs to do. I bought it out of necessity and also because I want to help any dev who is willing to support this platform commercially.
It has limitations such as there being no free text search (a feature of Ovi Maps) and the search is only by the POIs and addresses within its database whereas Ovi will search the internet, if connected. Example:-
To get to Rock Radio's offices in Salford Quays
-Ovi Maps search "Rock Radio Manchester" got me there straightaway.
- Sygic needed the address to be entered.
The traffic feature has not yet been activated (so far as I can see) in Sygic but is on the way. In Ovi Maps 3.0 (Symbian), it is there but is not very accurate most of the time. SISO rule applies, I suppose.
Absent a genuine turn-by-turn, voice-guided nav offering from Nokia for its "flagship" OS, Sygic is literally the only game in town. It's at a comparable price to an off-the-shelf basic sat nav (go to Maplins or even Morrisons) but is on your phone so no extra hardware to leave in your car and get stolen.
What more could you want to know about it? Would still like the Nokia flavour as it (3.0) is prettier, has better functionality and is free but I wouldn't mind a million pounds and a toilet-seat made of solid gold. If they aren't on the cards, I can dream about those and my Maemo version of Ovi Maps 3.0 at the same time.
Now, Rovio. Where are those damned angry birds I have been waiting for...?
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