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Nokia offers navigation service free on its smartphones

article published on 21 January, 2010

Nokia Corp. has dealt something of a blow to navigation players including TomTom and Garmin by announcing plans to release a new version of Ovi Maps that includes high-end walk and drive navigation at no extra cost to the user. The move, which could potentially double the size of the mobile navigation market, will bring high-end car and pedestrian navigation features to Nokia smartphones, ... [ read the full article ]

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ST2006
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_ 		21. January 2010 @ 16:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ALMOST double? Are you sure?! I'm 15 and I spent over £30 ($65) on sat nav software because Nokia were charging for theirs monthly. If they offer free gps, I think most people would exploit this offer and I'm pretty sure that's more than another 27 million, particularly since in the uk alone there's a substantially higher amount of phones than actual people.
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ammad123
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_ 		21. January 2010 @ 21:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good News =]
~hugs his 5800~
But...Anyone else realised that MOST apps that were FREE on OVI are now ridiculously priced?
hmm..Nokia making up for charges in other nasty ways ?.. i wonder
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djdave01
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_ 		22. January 2010 @ 05:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I put this on my phone yesterday, it works really well. The extra features like Lonely Planet, Events & Weather will be handy.

Its far better than AmazeGPS, but i expect google navigation to be very good to.
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