Nokia updating Ovi Maps with traffic, public transportation, and check-ins

By on Sep 14, 2010 at 10:53 AM
General September 14, 2010

Aside from announcing the C6-01, C7, and E7, Nokia also announced some added features to their Ovi Maps application today at Nokia World. The new, improved Ovi Maps will offer, live traffic flow information, a new drive assist mode, public transportation maps, a redesigned places page, and social check-ins. The public transportation maps will be available via a map layer for over 80 cities around the world and check-ins will allow you to broadcast your location via SMS or to your social network of choice. We’ve got a video demoing the new check-in feature after the break, but we have to warn you… the lame-factor of the video is way up there.

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  • Donnation

    If only Nokia gave a shit about the U.S. market.

    • http://quarterlifemag.com Paul Eulette

      Co-signed! I think they’re a tad scared of the RIM/iOS/Android competition…but I love their products, as a former E71 owner. I feel they would be a breath of fresh air to the US smartphone market. We’ll just have to see if that becomes a reality.

      • Andre

        They’re not afraid. They welcome competition.
        The fact of the matter is, carriers here are a bunch of greedy, meddling c***s.

        Noone wants to buy phones with carrier bloatware and removed features which is exactly what will happen if a carrier picked up a Nokia over here.

      • JK

        BINGO!

  • NuShrike

    Nokia, dead man walking.

  • Mohammad

    So I can update my ovi maps? I wish bing & google would allow us to save maps on sd card for offline use.

  • w ALd o

    I personally would buy and use their GSM phones N97 (&mini), 6800, etc. Especially for my wife and “kids” who could occasionally use the OVI maps and navigation offline. If only AT&T would allow them to operate without the $30 data plan being rammed through our throats.

    • Andrew

      You don’t have to worry about that anymore… now they only offer a $15 (200mb) & $25 (2gb) data plans. When I had my N95, I was able to use their $15 unlimited data plan because they didn’t consider it a “smartphone”.

      • w ALd o

        but I want ZERO data plan for my wife (who does not use data anyhow), but I’d like to get her a phone with offline navigation which helps a lot esp. hen we travel.

      • MoodSwingeR

        Nokia Ovi Maps allows you to do just that – download the map at home via Ovi Suite and use it offline with the built in GPS.

  • w ALd o

    ooops 5800 not 6800

  • Cancer

    MUST … USE … NEW .. FONT!!

  • counsel

    Lame video? Worse than apple or MS? Nah….

  • General Zod

    That’s definitely not the way to show off the phone or Ovi Maps capabilities. Try not to focus so much on two uninteresting people next time Nokia.

  • heikki kovalainen

    Minute 1:08 – she’s checking in at the Bearpit

  • http://facebook.com/ben.joven Ben Joven

    LOVE LOVE this race for location based applications! Great demo/commercial/karaoke!

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