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Google Maps for Mobile 2.1 for S60 released

Categories: Applications, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 at 3:12 AM

Google Maps 2.1

Google has updated its Google Maps for Mobile application for S60 smartphones. There were no official announcement or a blog post about the version 2.1 (or at least I haven’t found one), but eagle-eyed Steve Litchfield along with its readers noticed several improvements, including:

  • Several speed improvements
  • Zooming in/out is slicker/clearer
  • Favorites sharing with other apps, including Nokia Maps and Route 66
  • Menus are tweaked a bit
  • Route junctions are shown with a diamond icon
  • Extra languages are supported

If you notice something else new, please let us know. In the meantime, to download Google Maps for Mobile, simply point your S60 browser to www.google.com/gmm and take it from there.

[Via: AllAboutSymbian]

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  • s60boy

    First thing I noticed was that Get Directions’ “Route Overview” page now gives you a link to automatically get reverse route directions, which is kinda cool. Second thing I noticed was that using the * and # keys don’t seem to crash the app like they used to.

  • Raidium

    Quick question, is this application only available for the S60? I got Google maps on my Centro but it isn’t as clean and crisp as this update.

  • newtype2011

    I’m happy for the update, but there is a huge bug:

    When I’m on the “white selection screen,” I’m unable to actual select anything. My middle selector button will not choose anything…many others on HoFo have experienced the same thing -