Harried by shrinking sales and the increasing popularity of Android smartphones, Nokia on Thursday announced that it is now offering a new version of its Ovi Maps mobile navigation app for free. The offering makes detailed maps available for more than 180 countries; it also has turn-by-turn voice navigation for 74 countries in 46 languages. Traffic information is available for more than 10 countries. With this announcement, Nokia is throwing down the gauntlet to Google, whose navigation app, Google Maps Navigation, is available for free on some smartphones running the Android mobile OS.
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Nokia Headbutts Android With Free Nav App
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 21, 2010 02:25 PMHarried by shrinking sales and the increasing popularity of Android smartphones, Nokia on Thursday announced that it is now offering a new version of its Ovi Maps mobile navigation app for free. The offering makes detailed maps available for more than 180 countries; it also has turn-by-turn voice navigation for 74 countries in 46 languages. Traffic information is available for more than 10 countries. With this announcement, Nokia is throwing down the gauntlet to Google, whose navigation app, Google Maps Navigation, is available for free on some smartphones running the Android mobile OS.