I know is has GPS and maps but as a mobile device, do you believe it is really road warrior ready? For me, its not there yet.
Gotcha. When you said "road ready", I thought you meant driving, not flying.It has maps, gps and local scout. All decent features. I has nothing for those of us who fly often.its 2013 for gods sake. Would be great to know things like, based on geographical location of where you are and your flight for your phone to calculate based on road conditions to make your flight. The thing that was touted to be in WP7 that never appeared. However, is currently built into the GS4. Still not in WP8.
My observation is this, Microsoft under Gates was one hungry company. They were always in the community asking what we wanted and did what they had to get it to us FIRST. Under Balmer, they seem to do only just enough to "qualify". Anyway, this is one of the many reasons why I don't feel its "road" ready, yet. But this isn't to bash my Lumia 920. I need it to do things it doesn't yet know how to do.
So, I just tried again to get directions from my current location and the phone just locked up on "getting directions", it got very hot, and then the phone shut down.
Mapping on this phone is simply not up to snuff at this point. This is the chief reason that I will not recommend this phone to my coworkers.
I'm on a 920 ob ATT in the US. In fact I am currently sitting in SeaTac, leas than twenty miles from the Microsoft campus. Maps are up to date.
In Here Maps, you first click on your destination, then hit get directions, once that is done you have the option to navigate using here drive.
In this particular instance, my phone keeps getting stuck on "getting directions".
I'm on a 920 ob ATT in the US. In fact I am currently sitting in SeaTac, leas than twenty miles from the Microsoft campus. Maps are up to date.
In Here Maps, you first click on your destination, then hit get directions, once that is done you have the option to navigate using here drive.
In this particular instance, my phone keeps getting stuck on "getting directions".
It doesn't make sense that it's a problem with the GPS, because the phone has no difficulty in finding my current location.
This doesn't always happen. In this case, it appears that the app can't figure out how to get from here to there.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled this app several times over the past six months.