Nokia partners with Harman to ‘standardize’ cellular infotainment
Though Microsoft , RIM and possibly Google are already vying to be the center of the automotive infotainment push, a certain Finnish phone manufacturer says it wants to take charge. Nokia just tapped infotainment provider Harman to "standardize" the interface between phone and car.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth, cars, doubt, engadget, entry, Harman, intel, ovi maps, Sheets
Nokia E72 gets white paint option, firmware update
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more direct competitor to the BlackBerry businessphone hegemony than Nokia's E7x series. It's therefore quite logical that only a day after RIM chief Mike Lazaridis made the white Bold official, Nokia is following up with its own pale-hued E72 . Coming with a skinned UI to match the externals, the new handset is being announced alongside a firmware update (for E72s of all colors and creeds) that updates Ovi Maps , improves social networking integration, and allows location sharing through Facebook.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, colors, engadget, externals, nokia, nokiae72, ovi maps, radio, softwareupdate
Nokia’s Ovi Maps headed to Windows Mobile and Android?
Put your skeptic hats on kids 'cause we've got a juicy one for you. When Greig Williams, Nokia's General Manager for South East Europe, was asked by the German language Die Presse whether Ovi Maps would be coming to Android and Windows Mobile he responded very simply, "That will be the next step." Well then, that's pretty clear... but as much as we'd like to believe it, we simply can't pin our hopes to this statement alone.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: computing, engadget, europe, googlenavigation, greig williams, language, motivation, nokia, ovi, ovi maps, platform, presse, profits, south, windows-mobile
Ovi Maps downloaded 1.4 million times in first week since going free
People sure do like getting something for nothing.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: anssi vanjoki, china, dedicated, executive, gps, nokia-executive, ovi maps, ovimaps, smartphone
Nokia Ovi Maps with free turn-by-turn navigation hands-on
Now that we've heard the big news from Nokia's London press event, it's only natural to get our hands dirty with the upgraded Ovi Maps. The preloaded map does indeed load much quicker than its old network counterpart, and hey, did we mention it's free too
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: break, features, friend-via, hands, hands on, nokia, ovi maps, ovistore, photos, Redesign, result, upgraded
Nokia’s 5800 Navigation Edition announced, finding its way to stores soon
Filed under: Handsets , Nokia The Garmin-Asus nuvifone is finally inbound to domestic retailers, but it's taken so many wrong turns on the way that it's given the competition plenty of time to catch up and prepare their own nav-enabled mobile offerings. TomTom's iPhone kit is due any minute, and now Nokia is getting into the game, announcing the 5800 Navigation Edition. Instead of coming with music it comes with a pre-loaded copy of Ovi Maps and lifetime licenses for voice-guided driving and walking directions.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, nintendo, Other Tags: 5800, accessories, apple, BlackBerry, fcc-fridays, htc, messaging, network, nintendo, nokia, ovi maps, ovimaps, podcasts, softbank-mobile
Ovi Maps graduates from beta
Filed under: Software , Nokia , Symbian Following a beta kickoff late last year, Ovi Maps -- the latest iteration of Nokia Maps -- is now final and ready for download. It's a pretty big upgrade from the product it replaces, bringing 3D landmarks, higher-resolution satellite imagery available in both 2D and 3D modes, a wider variety of point-of-interest information for destinations, integrated weather forecasts, enhanced pedestrian and automotive turn-by-turn navigation modes, and -- a biggie for yankees -- real-time traffic information for the US. It's a big, worthwhile spec bump, and by our count, it's currently compatible with 26 S60-based Nokia devices; owners of some recent phones (the E51 , for example) will be disappointed to see that they're being left behind in the old Nokia Maps realm, but who knows -- maybe some sweet-talking (or fit-throwing) would help the situation.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nintendo, Other Tags: accessories, browser, culture, engadget, htc, messaging, network, nintendo, nokia, nokia-maps, nokiamaps, ovi, ovi maps, television