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And google does mapping as well now.

http://www.google.com/mobile/gmm/index.html

I’ll try this out over the weekend as well. But unless it can cache the maps, it is not going to be a lot of use in Australia due to the horrific data charges that we have in the mobile space.

Just Launched! Google Maps on Nokia/Symbian (S60 3rd edition)
Get a faster Google Maps experience specifically designed for your Nokia/Symbian device, including GPS support for the N95 and other GPS enabled phones. Find out more about Nokia/Symbian phones, or get the app by downloading the SIS or visiting www.google.com/gmm on your mobile web browser.
Get GPS-Enabled Google Maps
GPS functionality helps you find yourself (the little blue dot) right on the map.

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Map Monsters..

Nokia are really about to push the mapping world and gps judging by this site.

http://www.themapsters.com/preview/

They are doing the whole cute animation instruction manual for building and using maps…. This is going to tie in the with OVI think I put on the blog the other day I am sure.

Whilst it is a bit cutsie for me as a power user I don’t think I am the intended audience for this anyway. But the Flash Animations are worth looking at anyway.

Thanks to allaboutsymbian

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Nokia Maps goes 2.0

from the nokia press release… - (once again my comments over the weekend :-))

first comment…. (the bugs I had in the last beta have gone away… the product is usable once more!

and here is the download link as well

http://europe.nokia.com/A4984199

Downloaded over 240,000 times since announced in February, Nokia Maps 2.0 has improved its optional Car Navigation, enhanced its pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, now offers satellite images, and is sporting a redesigned user interface. Nokia’s mapping and navigation solutions give people navigation features, local content and world maps directly on their mobile device, in a way that only connected devices can.

A partial list of the updated features in Nokia Maps 2.0 includes:

DRIVE:

- Improved optional Car Navigation equals PND-level car navigation experience with faster routing.

- Easy-to-use, updated User Interface features including a new navigation carousel with pre-defined navigation views - i.e. navigation, arrow, bird-eye.

- Top-of-the-line navigation features: signposts, multi-stop route planner

WALK:

- Optional pedestrian navigation efficiently walks you from A to B with visual guidance. It helps you to locate yourself by giving information about the surrounding buildings, streets and parks and, if the device supports it, notifies the direction you are walking.

- Nokia Maps 2.0 includes public transportation information (station entrances) data in 17 cities with localized icons for stops.

- Advanced multi-sensor positioning using A-GPS, and pedestrian orientation using the compass feature (Nokia 6210 Navigator needed for built-in compass usage)

DISCOVER:

- Satellite images with hybrid rendering overlays for selected cities worldwide provide real aerial views on your mobile.

- Signature “one-box search” allows you to search through places, addresses, restaurants, nightlife, outdoor, accommodation.

- New premium multi-media city guides including features photos, video, audio streams.

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No wonder he got paid $50M….

So we have been in the new house approaching a month now with yesterday being the first day to pay the rent. Needless to say I was not really organised and so had to pay the rent via the “DEFT” system and a credit card.

And this is the kicker. You enter your magical number into the DEFT system (Owned by Maquarie Bank) and hey presto was is the first page you get, the default option as it were…. the pay by credit card. Quick skim of the page can’t see any bad things and because the rent is due and I haven’t set up direct debit to use this system I enter the details and hit go. So off to the confirmation page the computer travels collecting a small surprise. A 19.00 dollar surcharge. Yep… 19 f’ing dollars to pay the rent via credit card.

I had no real choice at this point in time… but did fire of a quick letter to them to ask about the fee which of course is know where on the site until you hit the I am ready to pay button (yes it is before the confirm, but only just!) and here is there response…

“The Surcharge Levied by DEFT on credit card transactions is to cover the various costs of processing and settling the transaction to your Biller’s account. If you are making a payment from your registered bank account a convenience fee of $0.85 may apply. Please confirm with your biller as to whether a fee will apply.

Credit card payments may be subject to a credit card surcharge of 1.30% (inc. GST) for Visa/MasterCard, 3.773% (inc. GST) for Diners Club or 3.30% (inc. GST) for American Express. Any fees charged will apply to both phone and internet payments.

DEFT provides other convenient payment options that don’t incur a surcharge.

Please contact your Biller who will be able to advise you of alternate payment methods.

If you have any further enquires please contact DEFT support on 1800 672 162.”

Firstly it says “May” May my arse… show me a case when it doesn’t sunshine!

Now if Aldi charge me 1$ on a credit card transaction when I do my shopping of say $100 it adds all of 1 dollar and this manages to cover their costs. Yet for some reason a transaction that is closer to $1500 costs $19… some one is making a SHIT LOAD OF MONEY (Allan Moss did… $50M!) out of it.

I find it impossible to believe that a transaction worth $100 costs less to process than a transaction of $1500, yet this is what the banks will have you believe.

So yes the banks are making a big profit and it sucks!

So I will now rant and rave to people that agree with me until they get sick of me and tell me also to shut up and stop complaining.

Tags: Annoyances by Me
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