HTC enables offline navigation on its WP smartphones Comments
- Asif
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jase, 01 Apr 2012I just downloaded the updated, and I'm confused. 1. This is not free, seems to be a 30 day ... moreHTC is going to be the worst phone, no support for turn by turn navigation, so greedy, asks for money to register for this service. Strange HTC
- shashank
- X0$
Thanks for this amazing post
You have such a great sense of humor.
- AnonD-48656
- t@J
liar!!!its trial!!nokia maps still rocks!!!
- jase
- iif
I just downloaded the updated, and I'm confused.
1. This is not free, seems to be a 30 day trial.
2. This is not made by TomTom, rather it's from Route66.
So I guess the Nokia Drive app for WP still wins
- Anonymous
- PSx
Its useles at least in india because in india no forgets the roads
- AnonD-36731
- vxK
vito, 30 Mar 2012No,you still don't understand.To use maps,your phone must be connect to GPS network;either via... moreI think you have confused yourself. Maybe a typo.
- AnonD-36731
- vxK
HTC for ever, 30 Mar 2012Map alone without GPS is nothing,because your phone doesn't know,where are you in a moment. Not true at all. Your phone will get your rough position from cell towers and your last position and direction if you lose GPS coverage.
- m
- 4mT
vito, 30 Mar 2012No,you still don't understand.To use maps,your phone must be connect to GPS network;either via... moreI hope I'm not mudding the discussion, but when I used my Nokia 5230 without data, the navigation worked.
Not sure if Nokia built that functionality into their Lumia phones.
- AnonD-3575
- 3LU
vito, 30 Mar 2012No,you still don't understand.To use maps,your phone must be connect to GPS network;either via... moreyes and i suppose n95 had no gps? where are you from, you wonderfully ignorant man?
- vito
- JAA
HTC for ever, 30 Mar 2012Map alone without GPS is nothing,because your phone doesn't know,where are you in a moment.
of course.Just switch internet in your phone off and all your maps are dead,because the device alone ,separate from GPS ,doesn't know where it (and you ) is .
These are 2 different things:load the maps (you can do it in many different ways) and make use of them;here the phone must have connection to internet (and via internet to GPS system) or to GPS.
- HTC for ever
- JAA
DP, 30 Mar 2012First use a phone with Nokia maps (either windows 7.5 or Meego of Nokia Belle OS) and the give... moreMap alone without GPS is nothing,because your phone doesn't know,where are you in a moment.
- vito
- JAA
Anonymous, 30 Mar 2012I don't think you understand how the maps work, you choose what maps you want (UK, US, Europe,... moreNo,you still don't understand.To use maps,your phone must be connect to GPS network;either via interent or with its own receiver.So Nokia maps without interenrt will be useless,but they will work with HTC for ever and for free,because the new HTC phones have their own GPS receiver.
- AnonD-36731
- vxK
Anonymous, 30 Mar 2012HTC did a great job by offering free navigation. It will certainly be a deal breaker for some ... moreI used to think it was a deal breaker too but that is because there was no information about on typical data usage from using online maps.
I have used both purchased and online maps on phones since 2006. I can firmly say that buying maps is more expensive that using a data connection and free online maps.
In fact the cost of using online maps is so low I wouldn't even consider the cost a big disadvantage over downloading free maps.
- ab
- LAZ
admitted.... NOKIA´s idea :)
- Barney
- tRX
Tk, 30 Mar 2012This aint new at all. Even my Nokia N8 does the very same thing. I can navigate on offline wit... moreThe report acknowleges that in the first line!!!
- SANDEEP GILL
- tUd
fantasatic cell phone .....amazing it is!!!!
- Anonymous
- DQp
even Nokia dumbphones with GPS can do that.... My n8 can even do worldwide navigation without a simcard in it...
- Tk
This aint new at all. Even my Nokia N8 does the very same thing. I can navigate on offline with no hustle. HTC just catched up with is feature
- Anonymous
- NRi
vito, 30 Mar 2012You don't understand ! Nokia gives maps for free but to use them you have to get into internet... moreI don't think you understand how the maps work, you choose what maps you want (UK, US, Europe, etc) then download them to your phone, once you have them the Lumia does not need an internet connection. Just because a phone has GPS does not mean it has built in maps, with HTC phones it will be the same, you can save the maps to the phone and there do not need to stream from the internet.
- AnonD-3575
- 3LU
vito, 30 Mar 2012You don't understand ! Nokia gives maps for free but to use them you have to get into internet... moreyou dont understand, have you been living under a rock the last five years?
anyway, its a step in a good direction but tomtom has awful coverage. though nokia maps had lousy coverage when it started, but tomtom has been around for years and hasnt improoved much. also dont forget nokia has much bigger user base. its even more detailed that google maps.
about gsmarena being biased, i wouldnt say that. maybe some writers are, but not all.
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