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Nokia N900The new Nokia Ovi Maps free navigation update is live now for ten Symbian S60 smartphones, but if you’ve just slapped down for the Maemo fueled Nokia N900, don’t worry: Espoo has confirmed you’ll be getting that free satnav goodness shortly too.

At the press conference announcing the news this morning, Nokia executive vice president Anssi Vanjoki confirmed that the Nokia N900, which runs Maemo 5, a different operating system to most Nokia smartphones, will eventually support the free turn by turn service too.

“In later dates we will be increasing the number of support for this [sic] and certainly moving forward it will also support Maemo,” he told reporters.

Nokia Ovi Maps free navigation: hands-on photos!

Vanjoki didn’t reveal a date for when Nokia N900 support will arrive, but you can bet we’ll be on top of it as soon as it breaks.

Out TBC | £free | Nokia Ovi Maps

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  • coolfx35

    I have been the proud owner of the N900 for nearly a month now. I also own an HTC Magic and think the N900 is a far superior phone. I am a Linux user (Linux Mint and Sabayon) on my computers and love how open this phone is.

    I am still playing with the phone and learning but am getting to grips with it. I have added the testing repo which has opened up a lot more to play with.

    Look forward to chatting to all the other N900 users at http://www.NokiaN900Forum.net this really does feel like an enthusiasts phone, not just another run of the mill handset.

  • george brown

    Still no sign of them free OVI maps. Sygic have just released their N900 maps for Europe. Come on Nokia what you doing this is your top phone and it doesn’t have a satnav fitted.

  • Omar

    still waiting for the ovi maps, come on guys!!!!!!!!!!1

    • http://www.electricpig.co.uk Ben Sillis

      Nokia did say it was coming – but I guess it’s to be expected when the company continues with its multi OS muddle of a strategy (Maemo? MeeGo? When does which become which?)

  • phil

    As the Sygic version is being pushed in the Ovi store I doubt there will be an Ovi maps update.
    Free and forever?? Not on the N900

  • Fanwennwe

    Does N900 have it yet? It's been half a year since this was posted.

  • Shadow

    Mmm let me think… NO it doesn't!! Come on Nokia!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Farzam-Gorgpour/648689777 Farzam Gorgpour

    i want to get the nokia n900 but i need the ovi maps

  • Kambiz_torabizadeh

    I bought one last just yesterday and I've realized now that Nokia doesn't support the free navigation on N900. I wouldn't have bought it if I knew this failure. Yes! It's a failure for such a cell phone. Iooking at the empty half of the glass, it seems my bad dreems finally came true. I was just worried that Nokia hasn't continued the Meamo for newer models after a year or so. I though it might be due to some problems with Meamo. Is the navigation failure due to such kind of defects? I've been a good customer so far and I've already bought 9 Nokia cell phones and recommended hundreds. I hope they support us and do not let “me go” for not supporting “Meamo”!

    • bensillis

      No defects – it's just a different platform to its Symbian smartphones. Nokia evidently doesn't think it makes financial sense to add support for it too, especially with MeeGo around the corner. Sorry to hear about your predicament – you should always check online about something you're buying, as well as with in store “experts”.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=869675136 Simon Carter

        This was one of the reasons, after 10 Years of being a loyal Nokia fan, I have left Nokia and taken up the Iphone4. and to be fair, haven't looked back.

        Nokia, will lose many more customers if it doesn't provide the Basic's on a top end phone like the N900, which I had for a while, and it's a beautiful phone! but useless.. The Ovi store is an embarrassing waste of space for even the Symbian platforms, and pales into insignificant s when considering the Apps store, that actually has app's that work.

        And the point is, you shouldn't have to check in store for sat nav ESPECIALLY on their top end phone, this should be a given, reminds me of the failure of the N97 with no Internet radio, a basic given.

        Nokia, unless it up's it's game, will lose out.. and believe it or not, I wish on the top of my Iphone4 I wish it said Nokia..

        Let's hope the new CEO sorts it out.

        • Ed Rogers0

          I am just downloading mappero 10 for the N900. Not used it yet…Anyone have any ideas if it is any good???

        • bensillis

          Well said!

  • alan brown

    But when is it going to be on the n900?, thats what we all wont to know.

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