I will be up against similar next month when I get the Bold myself.

I was unable to purchase Garmin Mobile directly from Garmin (both online or on the telephone) because they won't sell to users in Canada. The trial worked fine on my 8800. I then saw the application on Handango, and purchased it. It's worked fine ever since on the 8800.

Firstly, I understand that I have a device only licence. I fully understand that, have no problem with it (sure, I might be miffed if my 8800 died and I got a replacement, but otherwise I understand the terms/conditions).

Now, when it comes time that I get my Bold, if I go to Handango, it does not show the Bold as supported. One workaround from the other thread, is to specify you have an 8300 Curve and DL the software (and pay, of course) that way. However, that will (if I understand correctly), only get you the v4.xx version.

So how does one get the v5.xx version if you are a Canadian user?

- Handango? Can't, Bold isn't showing as an available model.

- Handango and specify 8300 Curve? Would work but you get v4.xx version.

- Direct from Garmin? They won't sell to Canadian users.

Now, I haven't clicked on any of those links in this thread or the other yet (since I don't have the Bold yet), so I can't tell if it's for a trial or whatnot. But this is what we (users outside of the US) are up against: can't get any version from Garmin, and/or the version we get from Handango via work-around, is the older version 4... so buying at Handango and calling Garmin for a v5 link and v5 code seems to be out.