The large high-resolution screen sounds like a serious premise for reasonable use as a dedicated navigation unit. Unfortunately, the N97 mini has only day trial voice guided navigation region dependant and you need to pay for more. The phone comes with Ovi Maps 3.

As you might have guessed this is merely a touch-enabled version of the standard Nokia Maps 3. It offers extensive map coverage for free but you do need to pay for most of its extra features such as traffic information or city guides.

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As we just mentioned you will also have to buy the voice-guided navigation license, should you pick the application for the purpose. At least the actual purchase itself is quite simple directly via the phone interface.

If you prefer an alternative navigation software, you might want to carefully look around for a compatible version. The touch-enabled Ovi Maps application itself is doing pretty well in terms of features too. It has four different view modes including satellite and hybrid maps. Those however do need an internet connection. The more regular 2D and 3D view modes are also at hand.

Ovi Maps 3. The route planning algorithm is also rather easy to customize to best suit your preferences. Toll roads and motorways can be avoided and so can tunnels and ferries. Route selection can be set to either fastest or shortest.

The app is also usable for pedestrian navigation or you can switch the GPS receiver off and use the phone as a hand-held map. Some of the available settings. One of the gripes we had with Maps 2. The overall impression with GPS navigation on Nokia N97 mini is positive but, having in mind that a 1-year voice-guided navigation costs a lot and we are not sure whether many people will go for that.

But who knows - with an ample screen like that it might easily replace a standalone navigation system. When the XpressMusic first launched, there were very few third party applications available. But now, the S60 5th edition army has grown in numbers and the Ovi Store is fully operational and hosts over a thousand apps and games compatible with the N97 mini. Two of the four pages of the applications menu. Browsing the Ovi Store, you can choose between several sections - Applications, Games, Audio and Video content, Personalization, Recommended and of course, My Stuff, which shows you the apps you've already installed.

The structure of the Ovi Store client is simple - a list with the name and logo for each app or podcast, or whatever , the category it's in Entertainment, Utilities, etc , price and a three star rating.

The Ovi Store has a simple but easy to use structure. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 5.

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The one you mention. Open the installed ovi store client then update from within it. Open the phone browser and go to store. Then try the aboive methods. Hopefully one of them will work. Thanks for marking this as the answer. How satisfied are you with this reply?

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Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. How satisfied are you with this response? I did that many times, but I still get "update error". In reply to a4arpan's post on March 4, In reply to stadsplanering's post on March 11, Any idea? In reply to fidoboy's post on March 28,

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