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After the modest success of Nokia Maps (it was basically just mapsand you needed an additional GPS device initially, but hey, it wasfree!) and the advent of GPS phones, the handset manufacturer hasunleashed a wave of features to make your mobile more like a TomTomthan ever before.
The software, which can be downloaded from Nokia’s website, featuresimproved car and walking navigation, as well as city guides with audioand video streams.
For instance, when using your phone’s GPS in your car, it now hasfaster re-routing on the go, and for the walkers out there it also givepublic transport information such as station entrances (though then youwouldn’t be walking).
Tell me something new The list of partial features (why only partial we don’t know…no newson what’s being kept secret) includes the ability to identify where youare by giving information on buildings and nearby attractions.
Apparently 240,000 have downloaded the Nokia Maps application sofar, but after personal experience there are some who must havedownloaded it over 1,000 times individually after it wouldn’t installand kept asking for a new file.
The upshot of the new software is it helps make balance the GPS /privacy argument. Yes, people might be able to know where you are atany given moment, and the targeted advertising could get annoying.
But if the reward is little bits of information on the surroundingsyou might not usually find, especially abroad, then that certainlymight help soften the blow.