N8 maps 3.08 sync

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Can Any one tell me if it is possible to sync when I start map and closes map, as it was before so I can see my preferred routes and places on my phone and on the web maps.nokia.com?
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webnoob wrote:
Yes yes I can synd, og would just have with the auto sync.
Indeed - one of several issues I took with 3.08 - this auto sync at startup and shutdown of maps was truly a great way of doing things - so when you start maps on your phone, you pick up anything you've added, say, using a computer and the maps website - and on shutdown, you sync anything you've added / changed whilst using maps.
I can't fathom why things like this were damaged, as is the way traffic works on 3.08, given it all worked fine on 3.06 - and this is supposed to be progress?
What was so wrong with 3.06, that a LOAD of things either got removed, or no longer able to be configured?
Surely, if you wanted to update the visuals to be more pleasing, key function and configuration could have been retained, but it wasn't - and when I questioned this in beta labs, I just got some hand-waving as if what they'd done made any kind of logical sense.
As a generalism, I liked the updated interface in 3.08 - the lack of screen real estate in the betas didn't bother me that much, as I use my N8 in portrait mode for navigation. But I'll never opt to move off 3.06, whilst key configuration and functions are missing, broken or removed.
The traffic thing irritated me, too - at least in the betas, haven't checked the real release - you could configure how often traffic info was obtained - in 3.08 beta it defaults to every 5 minutes if you have traffic updates turned on. In 3.06 you could select a range of time periods - 5 minutes being the briefest. When I questioned this in the 3.08 beta forum, I was told the configuration of this had been removed to ensure that the servers weren't overloaded? Well the configuration they forced was the shortest interval from 3.06, so it wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference - it might have been eased, because some users with tighter margins on their data contract / usage, may have opted for a less frequent update.
Also, the changes to the routes, based on traffic, were automatic in the 3.08 beta - don't think there was even notification. My understanding was that there would be some indication on the final 3.08 release, but it would still do it automatically. Well every previous release allowed you to choose what to do in configuration - either prompt, or reroute automatically. Every sat nav I've ever used with traffic input, I've always wanted some choice when traffic affects routing in real-time - but again, when I questioned this when 3.08 was beta'd I was told the option to decide on whether to accept a re-route due to traffic had been removed for safety reasons, and that people shouldn't have to do any of this when driving - well why bother with big buttons for the interface then? And every sat nav I've ever used, previously, has allowed me to either accept, or ignore re-routing due to traffic.
It's just that sort of tihnking and arrogance, that's really neutered 3.08 in my opinion. 3.06 worked well, and could be configured well. Sure you may want to make it look nicer, you may want to make it easier to use - in which case, just make defaults of many things, and perhaps give advanced menus, if you don't want to trouble most users with things that may be a bit complex - but just to remove them altogether? Just daft - in an ever more competitive market, I'd previously moved away from standalone sat navs to Nokia Maps, but if things carry on the way they have with 3.08 - if that is truly a sign of things to come, I can't see me staying with it.