The Nokia N900 finally got its share of GPS navigation goodness from Sygic, with their Mobile Maps for Nokia N900. The turn-by-turn voice guided navigation application is the first to hit the Maemo platform, but does come at a steep price, especially when you consider that other Nokia devices such as the N97, E72 and now the N86 8MP all have unlimited free voice guide navigation with OVI Maps.
Currently they’re supporting Europe (59.99 EUR), US (49.99 EUR) and Canada (39.99 EUR), with more regions to follow soon. Adding it all up, we would be looking at a price of about 150 Euros. At that price I could easily get the Nokia 5230 with free OVI Maps turn-by-turn voice guided navigation. With more regions being added soon, you’d be looking at an even higher price if you go the Sygic route.
One could argue that the average user will probably stick to a single region and that buying all available regions at 150 Euros is unrealistic. That’s true until you realize that OVI Maps is offering all of those regions and MORE completely free. For this reason we can’t really recommend Sygic with their Mobile Maps for Nokia N900, unless you really want to have on the N900. We’d say skip it and simply get a second device, such as the Nokia 5230.
As for for the updated OVI Maps for the N900, we’re still getting the “We are working on extending OviMaps w/ free navigation also for other Nokia phones” from Nokia. In the mean tim I think I’ll just dream of my N900 magically getting OVI Maps with free navigation.
Are you getting the Sygic solution or would rather wait for the updated OVI Maps for the N900?
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Can someone please tell me if I can use the GPS Navigation on my Nokia n900 without wireless connection or without having data plan from my service provider. Lets say if I buy sygic GPS so can i use this navigation without wireless connection. Thanks
Please let somebody help me with information on the present state of voice guided navigation for the nokia n900.
I have the 6760i slide which is a far smaller and cheaper model, but with these features. Also, is there any reason given by nokia, why a more expensive and bigger model should lack features that are readily available in smaller and older models. Please, somebody tell me
@Wbi Preowei
The N900 lacks any navigation, something N900 owners have been complaining. I dont get why Nokia did not put it there.
Hopefully when it gets the final meego version it will get navigation.