The Guru

The Guru, aka Ricky Cadden, started Symbian-Guru.com in November 2006, out of his excitement for the S60 3rd Edition version of Symella. The Guru has used Symbian devices since the Nokia 6620, and is known for his perspective as a power user. You can follow The Guru on Twitter at @Rcadden

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  • bazza

    Can you confirm if it auto zooms into your last position when it starts up?

    Does auto find your current gps position and zoom in on it once its got s lock?

    Is the tracking function still there and does it work as it should?

    Thanks

  • bazza

    Can you confirm if it auto zooms into your last position when it starts up?

    Does auto find your current gps position and zoom in on it once its got s lock?

    Is the tracking function still there and does it work as it should?

    Thanks

  • http://www.jaspp.net/?p=1415 Nokia Maps 2.0 | Symbian Blog! ~ Themes ~ Reviews ~ Free Apps ~ Poetry ~ Web News

    [...] Welcome! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS Feed! Thanks for visiting!Ricky ha potuto provare in anteprima la nuova versione di Nokia Maps, la 2.0, che sar

  • Icyhot1966

    Ricky since they no longer offer the 3 year license can you shed some light on lengths of licenses and pricing info? One of the drawbacks of the 3 year was you couldn’t transfer it to another handset. Now that its possible maybe they shouldn’t do away with it. Perhaps if 2.0 is really a superb program people should purchase the 3 year before upgrading, then upgrade. Thoughts?

  • Icyhot1966

    Ricky since they no longer offer the 3 year license can you shed some light on lengths of licenses and pricing info? One of the drawbacks of the 3 year was you couldn’t transfer it to another handset. Now that its possible maybe they shouldn’t do away with it. Perhaps if 2.0 is really a superb program people should purchase the 3 year before upgrading, then upgrade. Thoughts?

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/ The Guru

    Icyhot1966 – If you look through the screenshots, there’s a pricing shot for both the Walk-only and Drive+Walk license for the U.S., for a comparison against current pricing. It’s about on par with what’s currently there, I think.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com The Guru

    Icyhot1966 – If you look through the screenshots, there’s a pricing shot for both the Walk-only and Drive+Walk license for the U.S., for a comparison against current pricing. It’s about on par with what’s currently there, I think.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/ The Guru

    bazza – it does not autocenter or autozoom, despite my pleadings with them. Tracking has been removed for a while now and I’m not expecting to see it return anytime soon, unfortunately.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com The Guru

    bazza – it does not autocenter or autozoom, despite my pleadings with them. Tracking has been removed for a while now and I’m not expecting to see it return anytime soon, unfortunately.

  • Icyhot1966

    Thanks Ricky. Was reading and posting from opera mini so will look on my pc once I get home.

  • Icyhot1966

    Thanks Ricky. Was reading and posting from opera mini so will look on my pc once I get home.

  • Anuj

    i want to know does it work for India Maps?

  • Anuj

    i want to know does it work for India Maps?

  • http://www.fwrnando.com/ Fernando

    So they removed the scale to put a search box? Aw…

  • http://www.fwrnando.com Fernando

    So they removed the scale to put a search box? Aw…

  • LA Guy

    Ricky, how is the performance? is it smooth when zooming and moving around or is choppy like Maps 1.0?

  • LA Guy

    Ricky, how is the performance? is it smooth when zooming and moving around or is choppy like Maps 1.0?

  • gawdblesshim

    Is there any chance they could bring back the tracking feature they removed in the recent update?

    I find the apps usefulness has nosedived since its removal.

  • gawdblesshim

    Is there any chance they could bring back the tracking feature they removed in the recent update?

    I find the apps usefulness has nosedived since its removal.

  • Brent

    The pic I see is saying the 1-year license costs
    what I payed for my 3-year license.

  • Brent

    The pic I see is saying the 1-year license costs
    what I payed for my 3-year license.

  • Anks

    Have you been able to try to transfer the license between two phone while keeping the same SIM? That would be a killer feature for me as I have been holding back buying the 1 or 3 year licence as I change my phone every 6 months or so.

    Also, do you know if the licence would still hold valid if I change the SIM card but keep the same phone number (in case the SIM gets damaged etc)?

  • Anks

    Have you been able to try to transfer the license between two phone while keeping the same SIM? That would be a killer feature for me as I have been holding back buying the 1 or 3 year licence as I change my phone every 6 months or so.

    Also, do you know if the licence would still hold valid if I change the SIM card but keep the same phone number (in case the SIM gets damaged etc)?

  • Iz

    Ricky, I always had trouble listening to music and using the navigation at the same time on my N95 8gb through my car stereo. Please, ask Nokia to implement a fade in fade out effect whenever a turn is coming. Because this effect has been around in many in-dash navigation systems built-in to the car, what’s the trouble implementing it into the N95? Thanks

  • Iz

    Ricky, I always had trouble listening to music and using the navigation at the same time on my N95 8gb through my car stereo. Please, ask Nokia to implement a fade in fade out effect whenever a turn is coming. Because this effect has been around in many in-dash navigation systems built-in to the car, what’s the trouble implementing it into the N95? Thanks

  • http://gadgeteer.org.uk/2008/02/11/nokia-maps-v2-beta/ Nokia Maps v2 Beta | UK Gadgeteer Website

    [...] Symbian software installed on their GPS-equipped device, then there are two articles worth reading. Symbian Guru and Symbian Freak have both managed to preview the new product (which is still in Beta at this [...]

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/02/nokia-maps-20-available-for-all.html Symbian-Guru.com » Blog Archive » Nokia Maps 2.0 Available For ALL!

    [...] Maps 2.0, the awesome update to Nokia Maps that Ricky previewed a while ago here, and that Nokia just announced today in Mobile World Congress, is now available for all of us to [...]

  • AG

    Does this have Text-to-speech? Meaning does it say street names for upcoming turns?

  • AG

    Does this have Text-to-speech? Meaning does it say street names for upcoming turns?

  • Nash

    Is it available in South Africa and what will the cost be? Will the price decrease or be available for free?

  • Nash

    Is it available in South Africa and what will the cost be? Will the price decrease or be available for free?

  • Joel Clarke

    DO NOT buy a licence using Maps 2.0. The navigation feature is extremely buggy, and if you try to downgrade to the original version of maps you’ll find your purchased licence does not work. Nokia’s response to this is simply that licences purchased with Maps 2.0 are not compatible with Maps 1. Don’t throw your money down the drain like I did.

  • Joel Clarke

    DO NOT buy a licence using Maps 2.0. The navigation feature is extremely buggy, and if you try to downgrade to the original version of maps you’ll find your purchased licence does not work. Nokia’s response to this is simply that licences purchased with Maps 2.0 are not compatible with Maps 1. Don’t throw your money down the drain like I did.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/04/nokia-maps-traffic-to-be-real-time.html Nokia Maps Traffic To Be Real-Time

    [...] Nokia Maps 2.0 was announced earlier this year, one of the cool new features announced was traffic updates, a service I would [...]

  • sanz

    does anyone have a keygen for this nokia maps

  • sanz

    does anyone have a keygen for this nokia maps

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/05/nokia-maps-20-out-of-beta.html Nokia Maps 2.0 Out Of Beta

    [...] from the Nokia Beta Labs and is now available as a fully supported production application. I’ve given a you a preview of Nokia Maps back in April when it was announced at the 2008 Mobile World Congress, and have used it off and on since then. New [...]

  • http://www.nokiausers.net/wordpress/?p=6400 Nokia Maps 2.0 Goes to Semi-Public Beta | Nokia Users

    [...] sure to check out SymbianGuru and AllAboutSymbian for some excellent screenshots and feedback on the beta. This entry was [...]

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