Google Maps 2.0 on Nokia E61 December 19, 2007
Posted by Jörg Michael inWith the "old" native Google Maps application for Symbian S60 I could zoom in by clicking on the joystick thingie. Life was good. Of course, I had to try their latest version that now includes an innovative method of determining one's (very approximate) location without GPS. The method they use is so crazy that it's the logical thing to do for Google. They have a database of all cell towers and their location. Easy, eh?
Anyway, the new version also had some changes to the UI. Now you press 3 to zoom in and 1 to zoom out. On my E61, I could zoom out just fine. But pressing 3 would not zoom back in. So I decided that I needed to toggle into number mode by pressing the blue arrow key in the lower left corner of the keyboard before I hit 3. No luck.
Turns out you need to keep that blue key pressed while pressing 3. Strange. I've never had that with any other application on my E61.
But then, the E61 firmware I installed also seems to have put an end to Opera Mobile's keyboard shortcuts. Too bad, it was extremely convenient to scroll down an entire page by pressing a single key. Now it's back to scrolling line by line using the joystick.