Jonathan - Nokia doesn't have a subscription navigation app. You'd be paying TeleNav, Telmap or some other turn-by-turn provider. Plus $ for the data plan that you would need. Yes, GPS positioning is free, but all those maps and routing eat up the KB fast...
I don't know how the royalties work out, but either way, the payment system is indeed setup through the Maps application on the N95 on the device itself, not through any carrier. And no, you don't need a data connection for the maps either. You can download them in advance onto a the memory card from the same source and like I said, routing is free with those free maps. The only thing you pay for is the voice prompts. You can read about it at smart2go.com, or pick up an N95 for yourself.
I have an N95 - and you're right, I forgot about the Maps upgrade. But I can't imagine many people really take the time to use the map uploader. What if I'm on a business trip to NYC and didn't upload the right region?
Then it sounds like it'd be in your best interest to download the NYC map before your flight. Otherwise, yes, you will eat up a massive amount of data downloading maps on the fly. Either way, you don't pay anything on top of your data plan for them.
Honestly, who has a smartphone without an unlimited data plan? That's like buying a car without wheels because the wheels are too expensive.
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Jonathan - Nokia doesn't have a subscription navigation app. You'd be paying TeleNav, Telmap or some other turn-by-turn provider. Plus $ for the data plan that you would need. Yes, GPS positioning is free, but all those maps and routing eat up the KB fast...
I don't know how the royalties work out, but either way, the payment system is indeed setup through the Maps application on the N95 on the device itself, not through any carrier. And no, you don't need a data connection for the maps either. You can download them in advance onto a the memory card from the same source and like I said, routing is free with those free maps. The only thing you pay for is the voice prompts. You can read about it at smart2go.com, or pick up an N95 for yourself.
I have an N95 - and you're right, I forgot about the Maps upgrade. But I can't imagine many people really take the time to use the map uploader. What if I'm on a business trip to NYC and didn't upload the right region?
Then it sounds like it'd be in your best interest to download the NYC map before your flight. Otherwise, yes, you will eat up a massive amount of data downloading maps on the fly. Either way, you don't pay anything on top of your data plan for them.
Honestly, who has a smartphone without an unlimited data plan? That's like buying a car without wheels because the wheels are too expensive.