Nokia Responds to Google Challenge on Navigation Software

Release Date 21 Jan, 2010 in New York Times

 
   

Nokia hopes to outdo Google with free voice nav on its smartphones

Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - 21 Jan, 2010
A Nokia executive said in a telephone briefing that the free service will outdo Google and others partly because it will be offered in 74 ...

Nokia Phones Offering Free GPS for 74 Countries

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia on Thursday introduced free driving and walking directions for 74 countries on a range of their mobile phones, in a direct challenge ...

Nokia maps out new front in mobile phone wars

Times Online - Nigel Kendall - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia today announced that it would make full GPS navigation available to all users of its current mobile handsets worldwide, with a new version of its Ovi ...

Nokia offers free sat-nav capabilities on its phones

New Zealand Herald - Helen Twose - 21 Jan, 2010
Free turn-by-turn navigation will be in the hands of Nokia phone owners under a deal announced last night by the company. ...

Nokia To Offer Free Navigation On Smart Phones; Garmin Sinks

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia (NOK) is now offering free use of its Ovi Maps navigation service on its smart phones, matching a service offered by Google (GOOG), ...

TomTom shares tank on news Nokia will compete

BusinessWeek - 21 Jan, 2010
Shares in Dutch navigation device maker TomTom NV fell sharply Thursday after Nokia Corp. said it will offer free navigation services for users of its smart ...

Nokia Makes The Smart Move With Free Maps

InformationWeek (blog) - Eric Zeman - 21 Jan, 2010
Google offers Maps for Mobile for free, and has from the beginning. Nokia gave away its Ovi Maps software for free, but if you wanted to do anything ...

Nokia turns smartphones into SatNavs ... for free

ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 21 Jan, 2010
Cellphone giant Nokia is to make turn-by-turn GPS navigation available for free on ten of its top smartphones, a move that is bound to affect companies such ...

Nokia Strikes Back at Google With Free GPS App

PC World - Daniel Ionescu - 21 Jan, 2010
Android phones aren't the only handsets that have access to a free, full-featured GPS application. Nokia on Thursday announced that it will make the premium ...

Nokia Responds to Google Challenge on Navigation Software

New York Times - Kevin J. O'Brien - 21 Jan, 2010
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN BERLIN â€" Nokia on Thursday began giving away professional GPS navigation software on 10 of its smartphones, matching a competitive move ...

Nokia to give away satnav software

The Guardian - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia is taking the dramatic step of making its satellite navigation software free to all current and future owners of its smartphones as the world's ...

Nokia launches Ovi maps to challenge to sat-navs

BBC News - 21 Jan, 2010
Phone giant Nokia has launched a free map and navigation service for its handsets that analysts believe could challenge stand-alone sat-nav devices. ...

Nokia adds free turn-by-turn to Ovi

Inquirer - Ian Williams - 21 Jan, 2010
NOKIA HAS STUCK IT TO the likes of Tomtom and ALK with the launch of free turn-by-turn navigation for a range of its phones. ...

Ovi Maps Get Free Turn-by-Turn Navigation

Techtree.com - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia has announced the launch of a new version of Ovi Maps that would support walk and drive navigation, a feature, which is as of now, supported only by ...

Nokia killing satnav industry

Times of India - 21 Jan, 2010
AMSTERDAM/HELSINKI: Nokia's move to offer free navigation on its smartphones could sound the death knell for the pureplay satellite navigation industry. ...

Nokia to Offer Navigation Tools for Free

PC World - 21 Jan, 2010
A new version of Nokia's mapping service Ovi Maps will include turn-by-turn voice guidance for walking and driving navigation for free, Nokia said on ...

Nokia switches direction and gives away maps

Register - Bill Ray - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia has started giving away Ovi Maps including turn-by-turn directions, removing one more source of income in the ...

Nokia Boosts Navigation Offering, Hitting TomTom

Wall Street Journal - Gustav Sandstrom - 21 Jan, 2010
STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Finland's Nokia Corp. (NOK), the world's largest mobile phone maker, Thursday launched a ...

Nokia Gives Away Free, Lifetime Navigation App

Wired News - Charlie Sorrel - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia's own headline sums this story up pretty well: “Navigation on your Nokia. For free. Forever.” That's right. ...

Nokia to offer free GPS services

The Press Association - 21 Jan, 2010
Mobile phone maker Nokia has announced a free global navigation service for its smart phones, in a drive to counter a similar move by Google. ...

TomTom slides on free Nokia navigation plan

MarketWatch - Steve Goldstein - 21 Jan, 2010
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Dutch navigation device maker TomTom fell as much as 18% on Thursday as Nokia said it ...

Nokia to offer free maps on its smartphones

Financial Times - Maija Palmer - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, on Thursday launched free maps for all users of its high-end ...

Nokia Launches Free Navigation Services

Wall Street Journal - Gustav Sandstrom - 21 Jan, 2010
STOCKHOLM -- Finland's Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile-phone maker, Thursday launched a range of new free-of-charge navigation ...

Nokia makes every mobile a satnav

Telegraph.co.uk - Matt Warman - 21 Jan, 2010
Mobile manufacturer launches direct attack on Garmin and TomTom with free turn-by-turn direction software. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Nokia ...

Navigate for free with your Nokia handset in 75 countries

Economic Times - Joji Thomas Philip - 21 Jan, 2010
NEW DELHI: Have a Nokia smartphone? Then use it to navigate for free across all top cities in 75 plus countries. You will no longer have to pay the ...

Nokia Delivers Free Navigation Service to Customers

PC World - Ginny Mies - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia announced Thursday that the company's rich Ovi Maps navigation software is now available as a free download at www.nokia.com/maps. ...

Nokia makes mobile navigation free and international

San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - 21 Jan, 2010
Google turned heads three months ago when it made turn-by-turn navigation free in its Google Maps application on its Android 2.0 mobile operating system. ...

Nokia takes on Google with free navigation app

CNET - Marguerite Reardon - 21 Jan, 2010
Nokia is making its navigation service free to all GPS-enabled Nokia devices in a move that will help the company better compete in ...

Nokia frees voice-guided maps feature

ZDNet Asia - Victoria Ho - 21 Jan, 2010
SINGAPORE--Nokia has announced it will provide its mobile maps with turn-by-turn navigation for free to 10 of its phone models. ...

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Nokia navigation reports hurt TomTom

Reuters UK - 21 Jan, 2010
Shares in Dutch navigation device maker TomTom (TOM2.AS) fall in active trade after reports top mobile phone maker Nokia (NOK1V. ...

 

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