Comments on: Nokia Gives Ovi Maps New Direction — Free Navigation Forever http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lu http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/#comment-432173 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:02:38 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=54503#comment-432173 Living outside the US, this is much bigger news for me than the US-centric Google maps navigation.

Plus, it’s not a bandwidth hog unlike the Google maps and I can decide if I want get online information or just have it work offline when I’m roaming on another network (roaming costs are crazy).

]]> By: Adrian http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/#comment-432172 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:05:57 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=54503#comment-432172 I was expecting this kind of stuff so that i can search my destination easily. and also it works in low bandwidth. It is also good to hear that it works offline.

]]> By: G Adsense http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/#comment-432171 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:15:05 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=54503#comment-432171 It good to ad a little corporate flavor crystals to those bland navigation messages. Me thinks it makes for a more tasty experience.

]]> By: Genius Bartender http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/#comment-432170 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:09:30 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=54503#comment-432170 Nice move but one can only wonder how long before we start seeing or hearing unwanted ADVERTISEMENTS sprinkled in with all that navigation goodness.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/#comment-432169 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:32:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=54503#comment-432169 Agreed and perhaps “dismiss” was too strong of a word. The point I was trying to make is that the Nokia keynote at CES has eroded some of my U.S.-centricity. Point taken! :)

]]> By: Stuart http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/#comment-432168 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:25:42 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=54503#comment-432168 I think it will forces other smartphone platforms to include the same feature as standard in their phones so it will common as integrated cameras and media players. Carriers won’t be able to charge for voice navigation so they will lose revenue but the consumer will be empowered.

]]> By: Jake http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/nokia-gives-ovi-maps-new-direction-free-navigation-forever/#comment-432167 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:14:47 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=54503#comment-432167 Why would you dismiss anything because it’s non-US centric? You guys have lots of non-US readers and, although it’s always fascinating to hear about the latest deals available for US consumers, from time to time we like to hear about stuff that’s happening in the rest of the world. You know, quite a lot of the world is outside America ;)

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