December 19, 2012
Nokia has published updates to Nokia Maps, Audio app, Nokia Music and Cinemagraph. Sadly, only 3 of them have a changelog attached to them. Nokia Maps: new traffic layer improves reliability and quality of flow information get public transport schedules from the route planner Audio: With this update you will get Audio leveling feature, to […]
November 28, 2012
With Nokia announcing its new location service call HERE, we posted pictures and a video showing of their new HERE vehicles. Now Nokia uploaded another video explaining the mapping process on how they create maps for your Nokia Lumia devices. Enjoy! We drive millions of roadways each year, using specially equipped vehicles like this one […]
November 13, 2012
Nokia has spun off their Nokia Maps services to introduce Nokia Here. Nokia: At Nokia, we’ve been building world-class mapping and drive navigation services for years. Now, we’re proud to announce our new generation of personal mapping experiences with a great new name: HERE. HERE is about more than searching for addresses or getting from […]
November 13, 2012
Nokia is adding more ammo to its already bolstering mapping solutions. Today earthmine Inc. announced that Nokia has entered in an agreement to acquire the company. earthmine Inc. is known as “a world leader in 3D street level imagery delivering a full end to end solution from 3D mobile mapping systems”. Press Release: Nokia To […]
September 29, 2012
Nokia’s location services are getting even more use soon as popular auto brands have signed up to implement Nokia’s map content. Among the companies are: BMW Mercedes Volkswagen Hyundai Garmin Pioneer Nokia: This uptake by major automotive brands will deliver significant navigation experience to driver’s fingertips using automotive grade quality maps. Drivers will be able […]
September 28, 2012
It has been a hard road for Apple with their iPhone 5 launch and their IOS upgrade. Mainly because they took of Google Maps and forced their own new mapping service on all iPhone users. For the first time ever, Apple has admitted that they were wrong. They went so far as to even suggest […]
September 28, 2012
Nokia Germany has announced that the ‘My Commute’ feature has landed on Nokia Drive as ‘My Routes’ in Germany. The feature has finally landed outside of the US and it is planned to be available in UK, Italy and Russia soon. Nokia Drive with My Commute learns your driving preferences and uses information about the […]
September 21, 2012
I bumped into an interesting article on Forbes today that was written yesterday after Nokia compared its mapping offerings versus Apple’s and Google Maps. The article is titled “Nokia Maps Drives Circles Around Apple and Google” and in the article it points out differences and explains why Nokia Maps is better than all the rest. […]
July 25, 2012
The word is out that an update for Nokia Maps is rolling out that brings it to version 2.5. The wp7forum is claiming that the update brings the following features: Route Planner Groupon integration in US. Hopefully, we can get our hands on the update to confirm these features as Groupon integration and route planner […]
July 9, 2012
I love all the different kinds of Nokia app on my Lumia 900 but it would make sense to bring some of these together, especially if they directly coincide with one another. Here we have a great looking concept art by Yanko Andreev from 1800pocketpc. It shows of a concept app called ‘Nokia Navi’ which […]