Nokia Maps navigation software gets an update - more features, more coverage
By Will Park on Friday, September 14th, 2007 at 1:46 PM PST In Announcements, Applications, Nokia, Ovi, Services, Symbian
Following on Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s launch of the Ovi web service, the Finnish handset manufacturer has announced that one of Ovi’s services is now updated with a few new features. Nokia’s updated their popular Maps application for compatible Nokia handsets. There’s a data counter to let you know exactly how much data you’re sucking down, a GPS status indicator to let you know when your synced-up with a GPS satellite, and a revised PC Map Loader to make sideloading of navigation maps a breeze - “The improved Map Loader transfers the maps up to 10 times faster than the first version and enables downloading the voice guidance files.”
As it’s aligned with the new Ovi initiative from Nokia, you’ll have to pony up a monthly fee to use the Nokia Maps application, but you get a 3-day trial period when you download the new Maps app.
Find out if your phone is compatible and take the new Nokia Maps application for a three-day spin.
This upgrade only applies the N95, correct?
I checked the download page and the N95 has an available 1.0 “upgrade” while the version for my E61i is still at 1.0…
To correct: Nokia Maps is still free - no fees, no trials. It’s the voice guidance and other “extras” that’ll cost if you choose to use them.
Let Stefan do the Nokia news, he knows what he’s writing about
Nokia coperation has becoming something else with there innovertive vision navigatiom map has being helping me so much since i got it . I like it.
Pls give me more detail on this