Just installed the new beta on my 5800 (with v30.0.011), and it's really nice! Found all my licenses and maps right away, and app loading is a fraction of what it used to be. Here are my first thoughts.
Home Screen:
When you load up the program you're shown a "home screen" with icons of things you can do. In my opinion, the icons are way too small. Many many people will want to use navigation in their cars, and trying to hit those tiny icons while driving will be a fun game indeed. :) However I definitely do like the idea of having this home screen where I can quickly access different functions (my position, drive, walk, ...).
The actual map screen is slightly cleaned up. There seems to be more space available for mapping, which is good. In the previous version, if your current GPS position was visible onscreen but you weren't tracking it, it was damn near impossible to get the cursor *right on* the red dot to begin tracking. This seems to have been improved now ... just get the selection cursor "near" the red dot and it'll snap to your position. THANK YOU.
OK, so what the heck ... NO SCREEN ROTATING STILL????? You have auto screen rotate for the N97 and for the 5800 navigation edition (apparent from the NE's promo video), but you can't get the freaking screen to go to landscape on the 5800?? What the fu**!
Maybe I'm missing this, but there is no longer a "go online" option. Yes the option to automatically go online at startup is still there, but I used to always have that turned off and just go online manually when I need to. Is there any way to still do this?
Finally, the new Michelin, Lonely Planet, and Events categories are great! I can look up movies or events near the current map location easily ... I'll definitely try this out on the fly sometime!
Thanks for the improvements!
Ravi
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