Hello,
am traveling to turkey and am afraid of the roaming fees, but i need to use GPS with maps, so is there any software i can use to download the maps and work without data plan
This one allows you to download some maps when using WI-FI, so you can use the maps offline later.
I doubt a nokia website would help. But if it uses the same maps caches, it might just be awesome as a tool. I'll try that to make sure it works. I also recommend the OP to get the blackberry unlocked and then use a prepaid sim card to avoid any roaming fees.
Edit: It works, but is a but cumbersome. It would very much likely work on wifi via the browser which I tried. But if you aren't in a wifi location, you'll be out of luck. Seemingly, if you disable data services, it won't work at all.
This is one down side I see of blackberry. The fact you have to continually download bits of map data while using GPS. As for nokia handsets, you can download map data using a pc and then have it saved to your memory card. Wish things were like this for blackberry.
Once you load directions on BB maps it will navigate to the end without an internet connection and maps will remain on cache. Load the directions on wifi and then you're good to go. I tested this by the way, I loaded directions then I turned connections off and I navigated without a problem.
If a screen has been loaded once they will not require data a second time.
