Nokia’s push for free GPS navigation software to combat Google map navigation
January 25 Nokia has it all built-in GPS, mobile phones are free to use the navigation service, hope to the smart phone market and Apple, as well as more competitive than Google.
From last Thursday, Nokia to use the software can be downloaded free of charge, so that you can use the GPS mobile phone Ovi Maps and Navigation, there are many city attractions books. Nokia already offers maps and navigation capabilities of more than DELL INSPIRON 6400 battery years. In his 2007 following the acquisition of Navteq, Nokia strengthened the passers-by navigation services, and other vendors to provide value-added services, such as Lonely Planet.
Before the client can only be free access to basic maps, intersection turn navigation and city attractions, however, is the need for additional charges.
Now, four from the last week, Nokia will provide these services free of charge, initially including 10 phones, such as the Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and the Nokia E72, and eventually the software will be available to all Nokia GPS mobile phone, and will encounter contained in the new GPS phones.
According to research firm Canalys said that at the end of 2009 there are about 27 million worldwide users of mobile phones have GPS navigation function. Nokia estimated mobile phone navigation service can be provided free of charge to the size raised to 50 million.
“We believe that in this way will be put into the mobile navigation market, the mainstream market,” Nokia’s Executive Vice President Tero Ojanper said.
Although Nokia is still …