Purchasing Ovi Maps subscription?

[RetroPedro]

On Nokias with GPS you have the option to purchase a drive license:

1 day: R19.99
30 days: R20.00
1 year: R513.99

What's up with the 30 day license, special offer from Vodacom, typo or what? If you select the 30 days option, you are presented with:

Phone bill: R20.00
Credit card: R79.99

I suppose it must be a special deal through Vodacom then, highly peculiar since they are currently pushing their Sat Nav subscription for R35 pm. Anyone got experience in purchasing licenses?

 

[Maddmatt]

That is weird, it must be a mistake.

By the way, make sure your GPS works well enough while driving around before you spend money on the drive license. I've been very disappointed with the performance of my 5800's GPS when driving

 

[RetroPedro]

That is weird, it must be a mistake.

By the way, make sure your GPS works well enough while driving around before you spend money on the drive license. I've been very disappointed with the performance of my 5800's GPS when driving

Oh dear The GPS locked on my current position within minutes but I will first try the trial license before I buy anything. What kind of problems did you experience?

 

[Maddmatt]

My GPS locked just fine standing outside.
But when driving around (away from a city so no tall buildings) on a clear day it just could not get a lock using Ovi (Nokia) Maps. Maybe just a software problem with Ovi Maps 3.03 beta, I switched to Google Maps and it seemed ok. Still not as accurate as the old Garmin Nuvi though, at times the accuracy was more than a kilometre off.
Switch back to Ovi maps, still no signal when driving.

I reverted to Ovi Maps 3.01 which is the latest 'stable' release that the Nokia updater will automatically give you at the moment, will see how that works when I get the chance.

For drive navigation I think my old Garmin Nuvi is much better, never seems to lose track once it has a signal even in cloudy weather. Clouds can make it take about 10 minutes to connect though. Guess that comes down to it being a dedicated device as opposed to a cellphone with a GPS receiver crammed in it.

I was a passenger in the car when I was testing it, so I was switching between Ovi Maps and Google Maps to see how they compared.

Probably a good idea to keep the Google Maps app installed as an alternative to Ovi Maps.

 

[RetroPedro]

I loaded the seven day Ovi trial and took a trip around town today. The accuracy was mostly down to a meter or two and re-calculations took place within seconds. The GPS worked even though it was mostly in my pocket. The 30 day license can be bought in the form of a R20 SMS, that will be a bargain! Will try when the trial is over. There must be something wrong with the beta on you phone. I've got a Nokia E52.