On May 2, 9:13*pm, "Kwyjibo" <kwyj...@ozdebate.remove.com> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Snapper <snapp...@y7mail.com> wrote
> >> Trevor Wilson wrote
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> >>>> So, is Cnet full of shit, then?
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> >>> It would seem so. Australian maps are supplied free for the 6110
> >>> and the N95 (and probably others). Voice guided navigation around
> >>> Australia is free. I've been using my 6110 for four months and have
> >>> not sighted any extra charges on my bill. I guess reviewers are not
> >>> infallible. Did you think they were perfect?
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> >> The guy posted specific prices and plans associated with using the
> >> N95. Where do you think he would've gotten this information from?
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> > Who knows ? *Who cares ?
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> >> Certainly he would not have made it up.
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> > He clearly fucked it up tho.
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> >> The info had to come from somewhere.
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> > Doesnt matter how he fucked it up, he did anyway.
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> The maps are free but Nokia are claiming the voice guided navigation is a
> subscription service on Nokia Maps, which is what the N95 uses.http://www.nokia-asia.com/A4630225
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> Anyone tried it to see if it's free or not?
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As stated voice-guided navigation costs if using a N95. Original
firmware (v10) gave screen directions for free (probably to make up
for painfully slow gps) but that also ended with v13 (thereabouts,
whenever they added A-GPS). Voice has always cost from Nokia (from
memory about $130pa but someone else may have accurate figures as I
refuse to pay it, tho can get short term deals covering 7 days or a
month if just need it for a particular trip). Free voice nav can be
gotten from nav4all.com until 2010. Google maps can give screen
directions as well but no voice. Like all gps the directions sometimes
wrong! They are a guide rather than the oracle! Plenty of internet
threads discussing the pros and cons of Nok Maps - I personally think
they suck, but that may be because I keep going to places they don't
cover too well (like parts of Sydney)!