Updated versions of Nokia Maps and Nokia Map Loader are available today. The updated Nokia Maps application has a new streamlined user interface with improved nearby search and detailed categories. The Nokia Map Loader is used to conveniently side load maps on to the device before you need them.

Nokia Maps update

• added a data download counter in the map view (know how much data using)
• added a GPS status indicator (know when your device is connected to the satellites)
• free three-day trial Navigation license

Map Loader update

• transfers the maps up to 10 times faster than the first version
• enables downloading the voice guidance files

The Nokia Maps mobile application and the Nokia Map Loader for PC's have each been downloaded over 1 million times.

Both new versions of Nokia Maps and the Nokia Map Loader are available to download for free for selected devices at Nokia maps

Nokia is also updating the map coverage during the second half of 2007 to bring the total number of countries covered to over 150, with more than 50 of them navigable. Nokia Maps is being integrated into Ovi. Ovi is the door to Nokia's Internet services, including the Nokia Music Store, Nokia Maps and N-Gage games. It will also be an open door to web communities, enabling people to access their content, communities and contacts from a single place, either directly from a compatible Nokia device or from a PC.

Source: Nokia press release

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