Ovi Maps makes summer travel easier and more fun
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New content from Qype with community based recommendations helps everyone make
the most of their time
Espoo, Finland - Ovi Maps, the free walk and drive navigation service from
Nokia, announced new partnerships that deliver more relevant information on more
points of interest making travelling easier than ever. With summer holidays fast
approaching, the updated Ovi Maps gives travelers and locals alike the ability
to find the most interesting places and sites in the area making traveling less
about getting from A to B and more about enjoying everything in between.
Ovi delivers unique mobile experiences that mix content with the best location,
social networking and connectivity services and is the go to-place for
discovering, sharing and enjoying lifestyle content and entertainment, all from
a Nokia smartphone.
New partnership with Qype delivers community based recommendations
Ovi Maps now includes Qype, Europe's biggest portal for local community-based
reviews, helping people find new places wherever they are, leaving nothing
overlooked.
Initially offering information on more than 20,000 cities, the Qype community
enriches Ovi Maps with hundreds of thousands of reviews and recommendations from
locals and travelers on many European hotspots like cafés, shops, spas and
hotels, giving the inside track before arriving. And, with a new post added to
Qype every 40 seconds, people are assured to have the latest information to help
them make the best choices no matter what they are looking for.
More tailored and personal trips
In total,Ovi Maps now offers Nokia smartphone users access to more than 25
million points of interest worldwide. Whether people are looking for a souvenir
shop or a youth hostel, trips can be personalized and planned right down to the
last detail with map data from NAVTEQ and city guides from Lonely Planet,
WCities and Michelin. Agreements with leading directory companies such as
telegate in Germany, Turkey Yellow Pages and Yell Publicidad-Páginas Amarillas
in Spain make it even easier than before to find the closest pharmacy, cash
machine, shop or service. Hotel booking services such as HRS and Expedia make it
easy to find a place to stay.
In-car navigation made easier
For people planning a road trip, Nokia has started to include car kits with new
smartphones in-the-box* at no extra cost which makes finding new places and
navigating whilst driving safe and easy. And, with the added convenience of
pedestrian routes for exploring cities on foot, swapping the phone from car to
pocket makes navigating around new places easier, no matter how people choose to
do it.
Holidaymakers can plan routes before leaving the house, on a computer or laptop
and simply upload them onto a Nokia device to use when abroad. This saves time
searching for routes when out and about and enables people to use maps in
offline mode, reducing roaming costs when traveling in foreign countries.
The latest version of Ovi Maps (3.04) is available to download for free from
www.nokia.com/maps <
http://www.nokia.com/maps>
* Nokia now supplies car kits in-the-box with nine of its smartphones. A car
holder and car charger are included with the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition,
Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 6710 Navigator, and the Nokia X6. A car holder
is now included with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia E52, Nokia E72 and Nokia
5230.
About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology
with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to
them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one another with a
Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance
mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative
services through Ovi (www.ovi.com <
http://www.ovi.com/>), including music, maps,
apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital
mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides
equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.
Media Enquiries:
Nokia
Communications
Tel. +358 7180 34900
Email: press.services@nokia.com
www.nokia.com <
http://www.nokia.com>
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