Comments on: Do you use Ovi Maps in Landscape or Portrait?

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 20 May 2011 04:30:21 +0000

Portrait. N8 display is too narrow to make landscape use that good, plus you can see more map in portrait.

By: Johnnny

Johnnny — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:16:51 +0000

Its a silly poll really.. real GPS units are 16:9 landscape mode, not vertical… as well as TV’s now also.. and its for a reason.

I swear Nokia is stuck in 2001, and so far behind the times to even ask a question like this.

Landscape mode should be their priority for Maps..But as others have said.. Nokia just has no clue to use the screen real estate properly.

The on screen status bars are way to big and effectively take up 1/3 of the screen in Landscape mode.

I have given them this feedback numerous times over the last year, and it continues to be ignored.

Hopefully they get it right with WP7..

By: Chris_Skylock

Chris_Skylock — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:49:42 +0000

I use both orientations. hahaha. nothing is good or bad. I optimize my way in using the OVI Maps.

By: schwermetall

schwermetall — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:04:32 +0000

No, my car have a 250km/h limiter. That’s making driving so boring

By: j

Thu, 19 May 2011 10:07:01 +0000

me too. Also portrait.

By: MJT

MJT — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:34:37 +0000

The heck, you are watching movies while driving at 300 km/h?

By: MJT

MJT — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:32:55 +0000

As long as they don’t neglect the other orientation… I do mind because I might be within the 30%

Circular phones wouldn’t kill one handed usage. With the right sensors and UI elements as well as a clever hardware design, things could be very funny Yet I only mentioned a circular display…

By: schwermetall

schwermetall — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:12:34 +0000

In the most cases I prefer portrait
because I can see more of what’s next in front of me
and portrait is like my driving direction.
But
when I want to see a movie at a long trip on the german autobahn I prefer landscape because it would need too much attention for turning it from portrait to landscape

By: Fritz Pinguin

Fritz Pinguin — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:35:23 +0000

I use portrait to see more of what is coming up. And by the way, I hate the 3D-view. Why does that crap come up as default all the time?

If only the maps for Thailand would be as good as in Nokia Maps 2. I reported lots of errors, but even after half a year there is no change. (Wrong streets names, wrong direction of one-ways, etc.)

By: YoYoMa

YoYoMa — Thu, 19 May 2011 04:22:48 +0000

Thanks!