[gr8ashu4u]

is the GPS free only for 3 months?????

or  is the voice navigation free for 3 months????  ----N79

[mccbleue]

This has been covered a number of times. Most sat-nav companies charge you up front forthe software and data as a package, then charge you for software updates. Nokia makes the software free to download and update at any time, but charge for a licence to use the voice-guided navigation.

You normally get a free licence with a new phone, in your case 90 days, to allow you to try the software and make your own decision whether you buy a licence and continue to use it. You probably have Maps 2.0 on your phone, for which a licence will be one country (like France or Germany) or a group of smaller countries (like Benelux or Scandinavia); it is worth upgrading to Maps 3.0 - then a licence covers a whole region, ie: Europe or North America - so in that way it is more cost-effective.

[ravidavi · Accepted solution]

GPS is always free for Nokia Maps.

Voice Navigation is free for 3 months on the N79.

Ravi

[stevesn79]

Hi i have had an N79 with GPS for 3 months and almpst to the day it stopped letting me search address's, all I get is a screen poitning me to pay for a licence. I now am told I have to pay £49.99 in order to continue using it. Is this right? thanks

[mccbleue]

This is right. Your phone came with a 90-day trial, the amount you quote looks like a 365-day licence. If you have Maps 2.0 on the phone, your livece will be UK/Ireland (assuming that your reference to £ means you are in the UK), you might be better off updating to Maps 3.0 if you travel abroad, because Maps 3 doesn't bother with regional licences, you'd get a licence for all of Europe for the same price or less than you pay for regional licecnes in Maps 2...

[serginio]

I have the same problem! why do you have to pay for the navigation?If i have payed for a nokia N series with GPS that mean you should get the whole deal not only half of it !!!!! If you buy a nokia for 20€ you know from start what you get(no GPS amowng other)but if you pay a lot for a nokia N series you expect the whole deal.You can buy a GPS device for about 100€ and you get the whole package with voice and everything. I have payed 370€ for N79 and I expect the whole deal in the GPS not half !!!!!!!