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To: zax who wrote (22013)	9/20/2012 2:08:19 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

I will 100% disagree and so will 100s of millions of users who use it every day, and in addition does things that Nokia Maps can only dream of. BTW, google maps works offline too since version 6.9. But I agree, Nokia Maps is leaps and bounds better than iPOS Apple Maps. Google Maps offline for Android is available today in version 6.9, also Compass Mode for Street View engadget.com

To: zax who wrote (22013)	9/20/2012 2:09:18 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

" Nokia turn-by-turn navigation is better than Google's, and fully works offline to boot." Question-- is Nokia Maps integrated into the OS, or just treated like a 3rd party Nav App? For instance, when you use Bing search to find a local restaurant, then click on the "address" or the "directions," does your Lumia 900 launch the horrible Bing Maps or the apparently steller Nokia Drive App? Same question about clicking the location field in calendar entries. There's a huge difference, and that's the reason why the reviews of iOS6 mapping always focuses on the 1st party client, not the tens of 3rd party navigation clients that can do the things that Google and Nokia can and what Apple currently cannot. I understand that in WP8, Nokia Maps will get elevated to first party status, but for now, it's not fair to compare OS level clients with separate apps. I have TeleNav on my HTC WP phone, and I rarely launch it because Bing Maps is default and so much more integrated. Unlike Android, which gives users the ability to switch default programs, I don't find that having a separate app for navigation in WP is useful.