- From now, all GPS-enabled Nokia smartphones will include Ovi Maps with voice-guided car and pedestrian navigation as well as premium travel and weather content for FREE.
* Only data-transfer costs occur when down-loading maps or content to your device.
- As of today, current owners of compatible devices (10 now, soon increasing to 20) can download the new Ovi Maps application from www.nokia.com/maps.
- The new Ovi Maps application includes navigation features and premium content completely free of charge.
- All maps, voice-guidance and premium content are yours to keep, for the lifetime of the device and content and updated regularly.
FAQ's:
1. What do I get with the new Ovi Maps for mobile at no extra cost:
- Maps for over 180 countries
- Full Drive and Walk navigation for over 70 countries in 46 languages
- For drivers: turn-by-turn, voice-guidance including lane assistance
- For pedestrians: voice-guidance, most direct routes via pedestrian zones, shortcuts in 100 cities
- New features in Drive & Walk: ‘Drive/Walk home’ and ‘Map’ providing position tracking
- Text-to-speech voice-guidance in car and pedestrian navigation
- Traffic and Safety service with real-time traffic feed on roadworks and incidents, lane assistance, signposts and safety cameras.
- 3D landmarks in over 200 cities to help you find exactly where you are
- Real-time weather including 5-day forecast
- Lonely Planet and Michelin guides for info on 150,000 points of interest in 1,000 destinations
- Events for local entertainment: cinema, theatre, show times, clubs, sports and family events
- Integration with Ovi Maps on the web so you can personalize Ovi Maps and synchronize places and routes
- Options tools box to switch between 2D, 3D, satellite and terrain map mode, as well as night mode and turning 3D landmarks on or off.
2. What Nokia devices will have Ovi Maps with free car & pedestrian navigation, and when?
To date we have 10 compatible devices, soon increasing into 20, including for example Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia E72. For the latest list of compatible devices, please go to www.nokia.com/maps.
Our goal is to offer Ovi Maps with free navigation included on virtually all Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones that support Ovi services.
As of today, current owners of compatible devices can download the new Ovi Maps including navigation features and premium content completely free of charge from www.nokia.com/maps.
WHOLE LIST AT LAUNCH (10 devices):
Nokia N97 mini
Nokia E52
Nokia E55
Nokia E72
Nokia 5230
Nokia 6710 Navigator
Nokia 6730 classic
Nokia X6
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition (not sold in Phils)
3. What are the benefits for consumers?
When you buy a Nokia device including Ovi Maps with free navigation, you will get:
- Industry-leading voice-guided car and pedestrian navigation, local maps and premium content, ready out of the box for free for the lifetime of the device and content, updated regularly.
- Ovi Maps, taking you to whom and what matters. For free.
- A simple, ready to use, out of the box experience with rich in content.
- Get from A to B, have all the places & addresses in your pocket, all the relevant content in your palm when and where you need it and for yours to keep.
- Available for compatible devices at www.nokia.com/maps.
- No data charges and free country map updates when downloading maps with Nokia Map Loader with PC/Mac (data charges do apply for all OTA downloads, also able to use in an offline mode).
4. Currently only some smartphones, meaning Symbian (S60) devices are compatible. Will this offering be extended also to S40 and Maemo devices?
At the moment, it is only Symbian devices that can run the new Ovi Maps version and therefore only these devices are compatible and eligible. For S40 we have recently announced Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, most affordable GPS phone with navigation.
5. Why are you not supporting some smartphones like N97, E71, Nokia N95 and Nokia 6210 Navigator?
For technical reasons, we are only able to offer this new free application to those smartphones with Symbian 5.0 at the moment.
Nokia N97 will also be available shortly.
6. Are there some hidden costs for consumers?
Turn-by-turn, voice-guided car and pedestrian navigation, local maps and premium content such as the Lonely Planet guide come ready out-of-the-box or for download for free. As with any mobile phone service, however, there will be data transmission charges when you use Ovi Maps in the online mode that is when connecting through Assisted GPS (A-GPS), downloading maps over-the-air or searching for places, for example.
As a comparison, Ovi Maps uses 55% less data than Google Maps. In addition, you can use Nokia Map Loader on your PC or Mac to minimise data costs by loading maps directly on to you phone and not over-the-air. Also functions like search and navigation can be used in offline mode to minimize data costs.
We recommend you to select a suitable data plan from your preferred network operator to minimize data transmission costs.
7. Can I use this new Ovi Maps with free navigation also abroad at no extra cost?
Ovi Maps will include turn-by-turn voice-guided car and pedestrian navigation, local maps and premium content, ready out of the box for free. Data transmission charges will apply when using the service in an online mode, for example when connecting through A-GPS, downloading Maps over-the-air and searching for places. Maps can also be downloaded by using Nokia Map Loader application on your PC/Mac to minimize the data costs. Key functions like search and navigation can then be used offline to minimize data costs.
