[EShy]

Ok, let me start by saying I like Nokia Drive, I like the simplified interface and the usage of some windows phone features such as deep linking to a destination from a tile.

I'm also not going to ask for TTS for street names, I'm pretty sure you get asked about it a lot and maybe with WP8's built in TTS you can easily add that.

There are some things in Drive 3.0 that don't make a lot of sense.

The My Commute feature is great, I like how it automatically learns my driving schedule and adds new locations to my commute lists, but I need to be able to control that. I need to be able to delete a location from that list or add locations manually.

It would also be great if this feature supported multiple points for people who carpool and always need to pick up others,

Also, if I try to start a commute after driving 2 minutes from my house I get a 'no commutes from here' message. I'm still going to the same place and am actually on the same road already, and it still can't be used.

If I go off course for any reason while in my commute, it doesn't recalculate my route. That sounds like some product manager argued that it's not needed because it's your daily commute and you know where you're going, but that's not always the case (if I have a 1 hour commute and decide to get off the jammed highway, I need the route to recalc)

This is disabling a feature that's already available and is pretty standard in any GPS. There's no reason not to recalculate, even if I do know where I'm going and you should record a new route, showing me the route you think I should take won't hurt and really should always be there.

Now, bringing up disabled features brings me to the biggest problem. If I'm not using my commute because I'm not driving to/from work, traffic data is ignored. That doesn't make a lot of sense because just like recalculation, it's a feature you already have (and the bing maps uses the Nokia data to show me this traffic info). I would say when I don't know the way somewhere, traffic data is even more useful. I know which highways get jammed on the way to work/home but going someplace new, I have no clue about which route I should take.

Another small but important missing feature is the ability to avoid toll roads or highways should always be an option (and probably easy enough to implement). My mom hates the highways here and won't drive on them, that means she can't use Nokia Drive at all.

Nokia Drive for Windows Phone has come a long way in a short time, I hope you can implement these fixes, as a WP developer I think it shouldn't be a big effort but the change in usability will be huge

Thanks

EShy

[TFHDC]

Thank you EShy! This is exactly what I was coming to the board to suggest.

[ASKg8]

EShy, you have rightly pointed the features that should be in this app. Specially the feature of avoiding toll roads or highways. I think that Nokia must include this feature at the earliest.

[atarh]

I also have the problem of not choosing which route is best (as was in Symbian where I had the option to avoid tolls, to option goose the shortest route, fastest or optimized)

I would also like a notification whenever there is a change of route due to traffic or events.

It would be good to have the option to turn on live traffic, as was in Symbian.

Thanks.
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[vinciii]

Exactly right.Thanks. Nokia drive is not usefull...without road option....

[jakobeymart]

I looks that Nokia doesn't listen to us. I have a feeling that they've stopped developing Nokia Drive for wp7. This is really sad.

[HKSuperStar]

I like the older version when they are about to say a route and when you have music on it will fade to the GPS voice. I use my phone as my main music source.

[HKSuperStar]

The Nokia Drive does not have the function to select the route to avoid certain areas. Also Nokia Drive does not fade into the gps voice while having the music on. I use my phone as my main mp3 player and it is hard for me to hear the directions when the music does not fade out to the gps voice

[kcsun]

Would be really good to include height and weight restrictions.

[adrianhughes]

Hi everyone,

Thankyou for all your feedback concerning Nokia Drive. However, as this is a user-to-user forum, your feature requests and suggestions would be better seen by contacting Nokia directly. You can do this by clicking the Contact Us link at the bottom of this page and following the appropriate instructions.

[Milen]

I'm realy dissapointed from nokia drive when I was using ovi maps in symbian that was the best feture on noika now it is a nightmare. that drives me to the point were I'll consider buying nokia next time.