Hi,

Nokia offers free maps for navigation for a family of gsm phones
http://europe.nokia.com/A4509295

http://europe.nokia.com/A4509362

What makes Nokia not to offer the same free NokiaMaps for Nokia 770/ Nokia 800 and to offer nor-free Navicore product maps for navigation ?

What is a chance to use free NokiaMaps on Nokia 770 / Nokia 800 in near future ?

Maemo mapper makes Nokia 770/ Nokia 800 really hot product.
Nokia 770/ Nokia 800 is not GSM phone, has no camera, has slow processor,
has no built-in gps receiver,
has tricky mmc memory cards, built in mono speaker (Nokia 770) only
Outdoor WiFi is ok, but needs free hotspot access coverage.
Second-hand market value is about $100,
I see no manufacturer's support,
so why not to offer free NokiaMaps as already offered to a family of Nokia gsm phones ?

I don't like to feel as a second-category (lower- category) user of Nokia made product.

It's the developer of maemo mapper, who makes Nokia 770 still a hot product.
But to develop maemo mapper into real car navigation product
its developer deserves co-financing from business sector.

Individual donations can't finance his highly valuable and appreciated full-time work.

Darius

There are 2 obvious reasons why Nokia would not offer Nokia maps for the N800/770:

1: the program works under Symbian, they would need to rewrite it for maemo.

2: Nokia maps is a commercial product. The basic maps are free, but they make money by selling guidance instructions (typically turn by turn in your car). This needs a constant network connection that a phone has but the tablet doesn't.

Ok.
Symbian is Symbian, Debian is Debian, MS Windows is MS Windows
and embedded car navigation running Windows Mobile is embedded car navigation running Windows Mobile.
You are completely right.

But ordering Nokia 770 I was not warned not to buy a unit and wait until free NokiaMaps are realesed for a family of Nokia phones.
Now , I am a second category customer of Nokia navigation utility unit.

My Motorola 1000 runs Symbian. As I see I still can't have it to run free NokiaMapst.
So os is not an issue.

And what I need is exactly commercial product called NokiaMaps offered for free.
Tablett has constant network connectivity (look for phone icon in system and how to connect gsm phone to tablett in manual).
Another option is to have it connected to a network via WiFi.

There is need to download each turn by turn in driving guidance (see how maemo mapper works) in seperate. You can download full route guidance file (XML) once in time and use off-line.

Frankly speaking I use maemo mapper for track recording only.
Official car navigation systems require official licensing as a navigation tool.
I was told this is the reason most computer navigators run embedded versions of os to avoid blue screen from time to time and system crash while in high traffic.

So gsm phone navigation tools is not really licensed car navigation utility, certified by motor vehicles authority and other agencies.

I just want to test free NokiaMaps on another Nokia product for fun not for car guidance.
That's all.

Kind request from sad Nokia 770 user.

Darius