Aug
11
2010

Google Navigation vs Nokia Ovi Maps - Dogfight! Pt 1

Aaron visited the SF Bay Area, so he and Noah grabbed two GPS-enabled smartphones and hopped in the hybrid for a day of cheesy tourist stuff. What better venue for a Navigation Dogfight between Android’s Google Navigation and Nokia’s Ovi Maps? Forums: forums.phonedog.com Win Free Phones www.phonedog.com More Videos: www.phonedog.com

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25 Comments »

  • asstoyou12

    ovi maps just shit in korea

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • skrbicdu

    ovi maps are useless in my country and it wants me to pay $9 for 30 days and $50 for one year.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • key0bb

    Can’t really compare them. Ovi is so much better being offline.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • Gruntsplatter

    oakland? are you BAKED?

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • pijk1

    Finally found what I searched for :), someone who says that it’s possible to use GPS offline without charges :). thx!

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • thekerryman

    @jitend1234 There will still be data charges for searching, logging into your OVI maps account for synchronization or if you have Network Based ticked under Positioning Methods so best get a data plan. The navigation part is free from NOKIA now otherwise it just wouldn’t work like before.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • jesusmelgar6

    @jitend1234 ….Yeap!!! not bad …ja!

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • YouSmallMindedIdiot

    Seriously, what the hell kind of review is this? Sit down and do a proper review, not this badly filmed badly framed stuff. Clearly most or all of these ‘mobile phone review’ sites do it based on some revenue stream from the companies involved, and watching you guys make it up as you go along is a waste of everybody’s time.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • kubos911

    Ovi maps navigation on my nokia n97 work perfectly in UK.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • exlc16

    i can’t connect to the satellite. WHY ? i stayed 2 times in the park where there is clear view to the sky and the gps doesnt works ?Should i change something in the options ? I use ”map version 0.1.23.112 ” is it a problem ?If there is a new version could someone to send me a link ?

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • dchao22

    awesome video!,.. HAHA, Noah got caught speeding

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • IvanVolosyuk

    This guys never tried to use Google Navigation. They should press the arrow button to get actual navigation view, instead they look at some point on the road. Very incompetent comparison.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • oneeyedboxer

    @jitend1234 , not if you download the map, Nokia allow you to download the maps and pr-eload them in your phone, it’s really neat

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • katatonic

    @jitend1234 yes

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • jitend1234

    i heard the ovi maps are now completely free, does that mean there are no data transmission charges??
    does anyone know?

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • luggage12345

    The Ovi maps have spoken speech street nav. If you set it to UK- with street on the settings.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • luggage12345

    Yea you should have used an N97 or a Nokia 5800 with a larger screen with screen rotation.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • plext105

    Google vs. Gnoccia

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • fiktiv666

    Ok Fair enough then, I suppose I’m just sick of Fanboys.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • fiktiv666

    Oh really? I was waiting for that like mental! Please let me know if you managed to do so! Cheers!

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • Uprock415

    I thought it was out already? You have to use Nokia’s Map Updater software to change it I believe. I just have yet to get around to doing it.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • LilMermaidFairy

    um duhh. i like the google phone better. i love android and what it can do. thats what i said before but you just took it the wrong way.

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • filiphilopeno

    boo, Prius.
    but yay for the video tour of cali :D

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • saxman112

    Awesome video! I’ve also been to San Francisco and Sausalito, as well as LA, just last year during my spring break! I just think that California is one of the best states that I’ve ever been to! I might consider it as a place I want to live (if I can afford it), when I start to live on my own in the real world. Man, I wish I had your guy’s job!

    Comment | August 11, 2010
  • MoonLightCoCo

    how doesn anyone stand Nokia phones there so ugly

    Comment | August 11, 2010

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