Hi Nokia Europe, N900 user from Hong Kong (GPS pro...

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Hi Nokia Europe,
Do you know I had purchased ~ 10 series or more # of Nokia phone in the past!!
I had used N97mini for few months and dropped it, beacuse it always hang on the startup white screen!! I never had this experience on the past Nokia phones. Most of the people is very disappointed it!!
Until now, I am using N900, like many people in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and other Asian is waiting your programmer to fix the problem on GPS / Nokia Map!! The phone is useless if the map is not accurate then S60V3-V5,,,,,,,I did contact the local Nokia Shop, hotline, support etc...etc ... Their "professional" respone is " at this moment, we don't have any bug fix and ask me to wait ,,,forever".
Since I had purchased the phone on May, it was almost 4 months, I am not sure should I wait for it?? Or should I decide never use this brand any more ......(please let us know will you do the firmware update or Map update for N900 or not? please announce it...)
I just wanna to know will Nokia will care our Asia market?
Let me summarize the N900 problem:
- No translation(Chinese words) on Nokia Map. 
- NoT accurate locate by the GPS module /Nokia Map...
- no driver for N900's bluetooth~
- How come the front camera is so dark??
Why this powerful phone can't use video call...?? Unbelievable....
Thanks
Hong Kong People

Answer 1

I understand your concern goconnect.
Currently, there's no Chinese version of the Ovi Maps I believe. Don't blame Nokia for that, they're not the one who created the Maps after all. Go to NAVTEQ* and ask them why Ovi don't they add Chinese to the application that they supply to Nokia, because they're the one who created the maps, they are the one who updates the Maps data, therefore they're the one who can make changes.
Second ISSUE:
Click on the 2nd link so that you can report the inaccurate maps. Make sure that you have a clear view of the sky if you're using GPS only. But if you're using AGPS you should be getting accurate location but you'll have to pay a small amount for the data connection that the phone uses when it connects to the Nokia server that will ASSIST your GPS module in locating you.
3rd ISSUE:
Do you mean the problem is with the sound of Voice Navigation that is not working when you're using Bluetooth in your car? Don't worry, it's not just you that is experiencing that same concern, based on my "personal" investigation, the problem is not with the Maps application or the phone it self. It's with the current Bluetooth Technology.
You must know that the Bluetooth Transceiver that is installed in the phone is the one responsible for converting the sound in the device to a Bluetooth friendly format so that it can be transferred. However, the sound format that the Maps Application is using is either disallowed to be converted to a Bluetooth friendly format (which I doubt will happen) or is not  recognized as an actual sound format by the current Bluetooth technology.
You may then think about why not use a sound format that the Bluetooth can encode. Please take note that current sound format take space in the memory like .mp3 or .ogg. Imagine saving sound files for each and every street names for a particular country. It will eat the available space plus it will slow down the system due to large amount of data.
4th ISSUE:
Front camera can only be used for SKYPE VIDEO CALLS. If you'll be using it for any other thing then you'll get a very bad result.
"Why this powerful phone can't use video call...?? Unbelievable"
The answer is that not all feature can be placed into one mobile device. And yes it is very powerful but it's not a "phone" go to http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/ and look for this
"Experience the speed and raw power of the high-performance Nokia N900 mobile computer." You see? You did not purchased a phone, you have purchased "mobile computer"
Truly Nokia made a mistake by releasing poorly tested product just to catch up with other brands but I don't want you to be loosing confidence for a brand just because you haven't tried to really learn more about the product before complaining.
And if you're planning to buy a new phone, wheter Nokia or Apple or Samsung or any other brand, you must make sure that you already know about that phone first so that you will not expect too much from a phone.
*http://www.navteq.com/
2nd http://mapreporter.navteq.com/dur-web-external/secured/submitDur.do?userType=CONSUMER&language=en
Every one can correct if I'm wrong. ^_^