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Ovi Maps With Free Navigation Reaches 1 Million Downloads in One Week

You are probably aware that Nokia started offering Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation starting with the end of January. Well, the launch of their improved product was a success, since it reached over 1.4 million downloads since 21 January 2010. The first million was reached in just one week following the launch. Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice...

Nokia Acquires bit-side, Strengthens Social/Location Services

Nokia announced that it plans on buying the German mobile mapping software producer bit-side and this move is meant to strengthen the development of Nokia Maps and accelerate it. The Finns were already working with bit-side, since 2007 and the German company was a strategic development partner. Nokia stated that they plan on offering a “social...