http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/ Engadget Comments for Nokia's Ovi Maps headed to Windows Mobile and Android? (update: no way) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/OMG, I'm ready with MY NEXUS ONE!!]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://bit.ly/ovi-maps-real-performance]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/I belive it will be free, then more and more users will download it, at last it will be the famouse mobile map in the world, so more ad agent will come to it!]]>Feb 25th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
Also, I agree, atleast make the application proper on Maemo/Meego. I have an N900 and even after the update, the maps software is pretty much unusable]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
Er...you can run Safari on Windows you know.]]>Feb 25th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
You can also barely run iTunes...if that's, like your thing.]]>Feb 25th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/The new frontier in search is local search and it seems Nokia isn't going to leave it all to Google and Microsoft.]]>Feb 25th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/As for Ovi maps- I'm skeptic too but it would be nice. I just preordered a Desire and came home from a 2 day trip abroad Sunday where I used my N78 for navigation. Couldn't do that with the Desire, even if they did offer Google navigation, the data roaming would kill me. So Ovi maps for a sensible price would be nice.]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Thought Navteq under Nokia umbrella have been making money all the time. 50 million euros in last quarter.


About this rumour... i don't think so. For Android? Maybe i can see that, but not for WM.]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
P.S. you do realise your nick will be pronounced "juicy pus*y"?]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
I'm currently using ovi maps and think it's loads better than googles version. I wouldnt go as far as saying a nav app is downright stunning either. It's errrr a map?]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
The smoking guns here really aren't the maps themselves on Android, but rather the way it integrates with Street View/Navigation/Voice Command. For instance, I'm in Columbia, MD. I can press one key on my phone, speak "Navigate to Verizon Center, Washington DC" ; it will get the info, and in one additional tap go to Navigation. If Street View is available at my destination, it will show me the approximate photo of where I'm supposed to end up. That's where Google Maps is most effective for my uses. When I had Windows Mobile, Bing Maps and Google Maps really didn't have any advantages over the other. It's the other tools that make it stand out.]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
just the ability to DL maps to your SD card or whatever is worth IMO.
the constant need to DL new info is not efficient at all.
]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
I'd concede that. Having maps on the SD card would be useful. But hey, we Android users are used to not having things installed the the SD card AMIRITE (no shits, Nexus One owner here)?! Also from reading other entries, Nokia's maps have alot more coverage than Google's. I guess we shall see. ]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/google needs to improve a few things despite them having the cool options you mentioned.

1) downloadable maps
2) world wide coverage as roaming fees in europe are killer

until then, i'd say that OVI is the current winner but we all know google never takes a break so i'm expecting a new gmaps announcement by the summer at latest.
]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
so your saying a company who doesnt make there software product available for mac/linux is a company that doesnt understand software!!

thats actually pretty funny!]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
in the end, its you and me that win win win win win win win :)]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
!!! Indeed people seem to forget that Androids maps aren't free for anybody else than the North Americans and in Europe you got already larger smartphone market to start with already. ]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Ever heard of roaming charges? Especially in Europe people tend to travel to neighbouring countries.]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/I don't believe in the notion of people buying Nokia phones because of the free navigation feature. They buy them, because they are very good devices, and it won't hurt Nokia one bit to have one of their apps running on different handsets.
This on the other hand would be so beneficial for us costumers. First of all, here in Europe we don't get free Google Maps navigation with our Android devices. Second, Google Maps navigation is a great thing, BUT, and I write it with capitals for a reason, it depends on constant data transfer. That is ok in the US, because there you stay in one country with the same provider all along your trip. On the other hand here in Europe most trips you use a GPS device for really is not around the city, but going abroad. That means at the boarder you'll be switching to a foreign provider. Data transfer costs are ENORMOUS while roaming outside of you native country. Really, it's crazy, one of my friends went to London on a business trip, and over one weekend he racked up a $3000 bill just by checking e-mail and surfing a bit..
So for us Europeans the only sensible way to navigate is with downloadable maps on a native app. If Google where to introduce this option, they would eat the whole global navigation market with one big gulp. I think Nokia want's to prevent this from happening, and this is why they are thinking of bringing OVI Maps to other platforms.]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
Nokia's paying big money to Teleatlas or whoever provides them with map data, and they might as well recoup some of that by offering a paid offline navigation service for other platforms. In the same way that Google provides pretty decent Gmail apps on S60 and J2ME. For Nokia, it would be not only a way to suggest to customers that a Nokia handset might provide a better native experience, but to popularize the Ovi store and encourage app developers to include S^3/Maemo in their porting plans.

A smartphone user in Europe will need some sort of offline maps app, and Nokia actually has more experience in making Ovi Maps work with smartphones than any of the standalone developers.]]>Feb 25th 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
obviously this isn't the same ovi maps thats on symbian right now. it still needs to be updated to match the symbian offerings right now.]]>Feb 25th 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Nokia doesn't pay big money to anyone for their map data. They own Navteq, one of the two big players in world wide map data (the other one being TeleAtlas, which is owned by TomTom).
Which is why they can offer what they do, and why Google will have a hard time matching it.
]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/and cannot find a mention of what the author of this post claims.
rather the nokia guy is talking about nokia's asset in competing with google in navigation - having free ovi maps on their handsets, which dont require downloads so much as gmaps.]]>Feb 25th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
Google Navigation is going to have a hard time going global. Outside of North America, Google use Tele Atlas maps. Tele Atlas is owned by TomTom and there's no way that TomTom will let a rival offer a competing service for free.

Nokia are lucky that they use their own maps for the entire globe.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/1. If you open Google Maps in your browser, grab the little StreetView orange man and drag him all over Europe (hey, don't worry: he's not real, so he won't feel a thing), the parts of Europe for which Google has collected StreetView photos will glow blue. In December, these were just small patches in France and Spain. As I write this, now almost all Western Europe is covered. If, while going around in their Google-mobile shooting pictures, they've also mapped the areas they were visiting (with the help of a gps tracer), they'll soon have a complete, independently constructed map of Western Europe.
2. It's certainly within Google grasp to develop software that looks at the satellite images they have and recognizes streets and highways. As always using optical recognition sw, the result won't be perfect, but it could do 99% of the work so that Google's wetware will only have to do the remaining 1%.]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Symbian's only real killer feature is OVI maps. It is pretty much the only OS that has a free maps app that can competently replace yer average standalone sat nav.]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/Feb 25th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/nokias-ovi-maps-headed-to-windows-mobile-and-android/
http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/ovi-maps-beta-for-mobile

New:

* book your hotels directly in the ovi maps (through HRS, currently only available in Finnland and Germany)
* Improved positioning speed and accuracy
* Map zooming with faster speed
* Improved search for cities with zoom out to city level ]]>Feb 26th 2010 7:57AM