• April 19th, 2011

    Nokia Brings Photorealistic 3D Models Of 20 Entire Cities To Ovi Maps

    Users of Google Maps and Bing Maps have enjoyed 3D imagery for a while now, and Nokia is now catching up with the launch of (admittedly very nice-looking) photorealistic 3D models of 20 metropolitan areas from across the globe.

    On Maps.ovi.com/3d, you can now explore places in 3D in major cities like London, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, San Francisco and, of course, Helsinki.

    The feature is free on Ovi Maps and will be formally introduced later today at the Where 2.0 conference in California. → Read More

    April 21st, 2010

    Google's free Sat-Nav for Android finds its way to the UK

    [UK] Google’s free satellite navigation app for Android, Google Maps Navigation, has found its way to the UK today. In a quiet update on the Android Market, the free turn-by-turn solution is now available to Brits touting phones running Android 1.6 or later.

    Google Maps Navigation was previously only available in the US as Google continues to build out its own maps rather than relying on the data it licenses which can’t be used to provide full voice guided and dynamic navigation. We can expect to see further countries added over time, although at what speed is anybody’s guess – although it’s not a far stretch to expect other major European destinations to arrive soon. → Read More

    February 3rd, 2010

    Ovi Maps: 1.4 million downloads to date, averaging a download per second

    I’m starting to suspect people like free stuff – a shocker, I know.

    Nokia says the new version of Ovi Maps that includes free walk and drive navigation has been downloaded over 1.4 million times since its introduction on 21 January 2010.

    Nokia says the 1 million mark was reached after just one week following the launch, and the company’s Executive VP Anssi Vanjoki adds that they’re currently seeing ‘a download a second, 24 hours a day’. → Read More

    February 3rd, 2010

    Nokia: Ovi Maps With Free Navigation Averages A Download Per Second, 1.4M Total

    I’m starting to suspect people like free stuff – a shocker, I know.

    Nokia says the new version of Ovi Maps that includes free walk and drive navigation has been downloaded over 1.4 million times since its introduction on 21 January 2010.

    Nokia says the 1 million mark was reached after just one week following the launch, and the company’s Executive VP Anssi Vanjoki adds that they’re currently seeing ‘a download a second, 24 hours a day’. → Read More

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