Nokia Ovi Maps(3.04) graduates from Nokia BetaLabs

Posted by Fakhre on May 20, 2010 in Nokia, Nokia Apps | View Comments

Nokia Betalabs Ovi Maps(3.04) graduates with faster and more accurate positioning.

Bits from Ovi Blog:

“Every day, over 80% of you that are using Ovi Maps in online mode find your position on the map. Now we made it faster and more accurate: our engineers optimized the process of acquiring the location and added Wi-Fi positioning in the mix. Now you can locate yourself faster and more precisely, no matter if you are in a mall, on the street surrounded by skyscrapers or driving on an open highway. Wi-Fi positioning is a work in progress and it will get better and better as more people use it.

The second major change done under the hood was related to graphics performance when zooming in and out of maps, panning and tilting. All these functionalities are now faster, and in the new N8, they are blazing fast.”

Check out this video to see it in action in an early build:

Thirdly, the update brings more points of interest, consolidated from Navteq, Lonely Planet, Michelin, local Yellow pages companies like Telegate in Germany, Cityvox in France, Yell in Spain and Yellow Pages in Turkey. Next is the addition of Qype, Europe’s leading portal of user generated recommendations, this will help users review and discover and rate Qype places.”

Finally, if you plan on upgrading your device, we have great news for you. Starting 2 weeks ago, N97, N97 mini, 6710 Navigator and X6 ship with the new Ovi Maps, a car holder and a car charger in box. 5800 XpressMusic, 5230, E52 and E72 will ship with the new Ovi Maps and a car holder. So you are ready to go when you leave the shop.

Please go ahead and download the graduated version of Ovi Maps from nokia.com/maps, Ovi Store or from your mobile via nokia.mobi/maps & Software Update