Comments on: LocatioNet launches free mapping and navigation service, amAze

By: Ville Witt

Ville Witt — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:19:35 +0000

Geoffg stop flame – those kinds of attacks never help anybody…

About them missing stuff – I guess they are still developing… Eventually, you could send them a email, that is if the standard email apps works on your setup.

Sadly, the amAze is not available for the Symbian UIQ series as of my knowledge, so I can’t test it.

By: geoffg

geoffg — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:34:26 +0000

This app is now working on my N95 – the comms errors sorted themselves out eventually.

Hwoever, there’s no getting round the fact that the search that I suspect most people in the UK do most often – that is using the postcode only, isn’t allowed by this software! (it insists that you enter the street name as well, which is completely pointless).

When I tried to report this on their forum, it insisted I register again, although I had already registered to receive the software, and then despite repeated attempts on my part it never sent me the validation email. So I couldn’t even report the fault because their forum seems broke too!

Yes this software is innovative, but it is let down by poor design, and a significant lack of atttention to detail.

If Amaze improve in this respect, then they may have a useable product.

Personally I much prefer Nokia Maps, and at �45 for a 3 year license – it’s a no-brainer to me that it’s worth �15 a year!

By: James

James — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:44:59 +0000

Well, don�t know about you guys, but it works very well for me. Fast and easy to download, no problems to activate it with the internal GPS (I assume they have improved it since two months ago�).

For a completely free app, it is doing a great job and saves me the need to buy the Nokia expensive solution.

Well done for a great job guys! Keep up the good work and don�t let cynical comments discourage you� J

By: Frankieb123

Frankieb123 — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:28:59 +0000

I have been using AmazeGPS for over 2 months now and find it an excellent piece of software. I live in Scotland and used it to navigate to England without any problems. As soon as the route is loaded that’s it no more cost and the directions given were excellent. With my phone mounted on the dash I could easily see the directions and using my bluetooth headset was guided by the computer voice. The way I see it is you can spend a fortune on SatNavs but why bother when this one is free. Sure there is a small cost when you plan a route but I’ve got free internet use with my phone package so I am saving money. If you need a fancy Satnav spend a fortune, if you want to get from A to B without spending a penny get AmazeGPS it will get you where you want to go. AMAZING

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By: geoffg

geoffg — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:32:42 +0000

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS APP, FOLKS!

Very surprised at your recommendation of this. This does not appear to be a company with and interest or ability to provide bug-free software.
Even their download page is buggy.

On my N95 it is very reluctant to access
the data network, and keeps coming up with “Comms error”, even though I’ve set it up correctly.

Eeven the design of the app is rubbish, for the UK at least – it refuses to do a search based on a postcode alone, and insists on having a street name as well. Could you imagine a worse way to write a search facility?

I feel that you’ve wasted my time in riasing my interest in this product sufficiently to make me struggle with its faults and try to get some use out of it.

In its present state it’s literally useless to me.

By: Matt jnes

Matt jnes — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:21:33 +0000

I tried this about 2 months ago and abolutely hated it. It was slow, buggy, kept asking for permission for use positioning data and streaming maps in a 2G area is nigh-on impossible. After I got incredibly fed up with it, I tried to uninstall the app but it remained in my menu until I re-installed the N95 firmware with no backup.

Maybe they’ve improved the app a bit, but out of Nokia Maps (with paid navigation) and amAze, I’ll take Nokia Maps every single time.

By: Nseries WOM World » Blog Archive » New mapping app for your N95

Nseries WOM World » Blog Archive » New mapping app for your N95 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:48:14 +0000

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