Loading the new Beta version of Ovi Maps went smoothly. My E66 had broken and I got a new one at the same time I was changing to the new OM3. I was afraid that my Drive and Walk license would disappear as the IMEI code changed, but that did not happen. I looked at "my licenses" and there it was.
Getting the GPS fix takes time as before but overall I have the feeling that the new programme is faster to respond.
Navigation seems to start always in 3D mode. I have been using paper maps so long that I prefer good old 2D mode. OM3 should remember whether it was used last time in 2D or 3D mode and start in the same mode as before. A lot of effort has been put to creating 3D pictures of buildings. To be frank I feel this is a sales gimmic that is useless in practise.
The new speed limit warning system is a great improvement. With moderate overspeed a visual warning and an audible warning only in excessive cases. I have driven past quite a few speed cameras but have not found any on OM3. Maybe they have not been listed on Finnish maps(?)
I often drive along a little road that has been moved a few hundred meters and the map doesn't reflect this change yet. The old version always told me to "return to the nearest road". The new version only shows on the map that I am driving through Finnish forests.
Saving the screen picture into a file was impossible in the previous version. Now the bug has been fixed.
It would be nice if there was documentation that described the ral meaning of certain parametres. Shortest and fastest routes are simple to understand, but does optimized route mean? Or what does "another route" do when navigating?
Overall I think a good navigator has become better!
Markus
(E66-1(03), 210.21.007, Maps 3, v3.01 09wk24 b01 MW OpenGL LM MN, Map version 0.1.22.103)