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Originally Posted by kureyon View Post
Given the context it could be argued irrefutably that "Ovi Maps with free Voice Navigation" is what any normal person would conclude from Vanjoki's statement. Note that Ovi Maps prior to 3.03 already had voice navigation and just required payment to Nokia to have it activated (ie all the code/etc is already there). So basically voice navigation is not something new to Ovi Maps at the time of that particular launch event, it is something already well established. What was new was that they removed the code that checked whether you have paid for voice navigation, called it 3.03 and made it available for only a few select phone models - these tend to be the newer phones at that time. When asked why it wasn't available on "older" phones, Nokia's lame excuse was that there were technical problems preventing them from releasing 3.03 for older phones (even though these "older" phones were running the paid for voice navigation just fine).

So at an event trumpeting Ovi Maps with Free Voice Navigation and a Nokia executive says later there will be a Maemo version, it's not surprising that people are a bit disappointed when the Maemo version turns out to be a pre-alpha of some ancient version of smart2go!
I wouldn't say it could be argued irrefutably, but I do understand that some people misinterpreted it.

I guess people's disappointment stems in part from making a false assumption about the meaning of a statement without checking for confirmation of their assumed "facts". The other part of the reason for disappointment is a high-end device like the N900 not getting an Ovi Maps app that isn't nearly as good as the version on other cheaper Nokias, but the time for complaining about that has long passed.