Rumours were confirmed today that Nokia has opened up it’s Ovi-Maps to it’s users for free. Ovi-Maps includes voice direction, traffic information, speed camera and limit warnings (the last few only available in certain countries). And if you are on foot you can also expect guided shortcuts through parks etc. in certain cities.

Bearing in mind it is only available on a few select Nokia devices, you may be thinking ‘this is nothing compared to Google’. Well you will be pleased to know it works offline too, which should help on data charges, battery life etc.

Devices Ovi-Maps is currently available on includes; N97 Mini, 5800 XpressMusic, 5800 navigation edition, E52, E55, E72, 5230, 6710 navigator, 6730 classic and X6. With the N97 coming next week (we hope!)

Using Ovi-Maps? Please let us know what you think in our comments section below.

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The New Nokia N86

Nokia have released details of their new N86, now I wasn’t going to post this but as I still own the N80 and N95 (in a draw somewhere) and loved both I think this could be one of the best phone / camera combos out there. Continue Reading

Following on the success of Apples AppStore over the past few years, the long awaited announcements of Microsofts ‘Windows Phones’ and Nokia’s ‘Ovi store’ will be opened this year. Ovi in May time, and Windows Phones in the last quarter of 2009 (hopefully long enough so they can think of a more original name!).

Expect similar announcements from Blackberry, Samsung and Orange at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week which expects almost 50,000 visitors

Like Apple, Nokia will take a 30% cut of profits from selling applications, and has already partnered with a number of firms to provide content, including … Continue Reading