Thread: Buyer beware: Nokia products and Maemo
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gazza_d is offline gazza_d
2010-04-18 , 10:12
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Originally Posted by yukop4 View Post
a warning to all n900 buyers-before maemo 5 -which is the software on the n900 there was maemo 4 and the internet tablets n810 n800 and going back further the n770

one of the main selling points of the tablets was the gps function-wayfinder provided the maps but then last month wayfinder was closed down by vodafone and suddenly with no prior warning to tablet owners gps does not work-no support

their is a lesson here and it is simple one -there is no guarantee that nokia will stand by its products-

before you go and shell out hundreds of dollars for a product with maemo os -such as the n900 or the internet tablets bare in mind that the same thing can happen to you
Have you actually got an N810 with Wayfinder - because you are talking absolute rot and garbage.

I have an N810, and a valid wayfinder licence (expires 2011), and it is working ABSOLUTELY FINE.

Yes, now wayfinder have gone, I cannot renew my licence, but I would not have done anyway.

Yes, there has been no map updates for a couple of years, but I have not come across a road that I have used which has been missing.

Yes, there is no support, but I have only used it a couple of times - not a dealbreaker.

The game has changed in the last few months - I recently bought a Nokia phone for £80 (100 euros) which has free voice guided maps anyway so I have an alternative which is more modern anyway.

Before my NITs I had a garmin sat-nav which cost more, and nagged at me to purchase new maps everytime I turned it on, once I had owned it for a year without any option to turn the nag off - now thats a bad product.

So yes Yukop4 - I have risen to Troll bait - now go and crawl back under your rock and shut the .... up unless you have something constructive to say.
 

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