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Home / Cell phones / Multimedia smartphones Nokia Maps 2.0 now available to mainstream market By Sindre Lia, Thursday 22 May 2008 A range of enhancements have been made to Nokia Maps, and now version 2.0 is available for consumers to download. Nokia today announced that its update for Nokia Maps has left beta stage and is now ready for consumers to download. Downloaded over 240,000 times since announced in February, Nokia Maps 2.0 has improved its optional Car Navigation, enhanced its pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides and is sporting a redesigned user interface. Satellite images with hybrid rendering overlays for selected cities worldwide are also now available. Updated user interface features to the optional Car Navigation include a new navigation carousel with pre-defined navigation views (i.e. navigation, arrow and bird-eye) and a multi-stop route planner. For pedestrian navigation, Nokia Maps 2.0 now provides information about surrounding buildings, streets and parks and, if the device supports it, notifies the direction you are walking. The upcoming Nokia 6210 Navigator should offer a built-in compass to utilize the latter feature. Nokia Maps 2.0 uses vector maps provided by Navteq and TeleAtlas, which can be downloaded over the air directly to selected devices or by using the Nokia Map Loader on a PC. Nokia Maps 2.0 and the current commercial version of the Nokia Maps Loader are freely available for selected devices. Best Multimedia smartphones Name Score Price Carrier C Nokia N95 8GB NAM 85% $650 Unlocked Nokia N95 80% $530 Unlocked Nokia N78 76% $500 Unlocked Apple iPhone 75% $400 AT&T RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Sprint) 74% $280 Sprint Helio Ocean 72% $200 Helio RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless) 69% $200 Verizon Wireless RIM Blackberry Curve 64% $200 AT&T Nokia N76 60% $500 Unlocked Motorola Q9m (Verizon Wireless) 58% $130 Verizon Wireless Click here to see full and advanced chart »     RECOMMENDED 3G BlackBerry Bold hands-on and video   Hot new all-touch phones   Bold vs. Xperia X1 vs. Glyde vs. Touch Pro TOP STORIES Top 10 candybar QWERTY smartphones   Top 10 all-touch phones   iPhone 3G review (AT&T Wireless) Top 15 smartphones   Top 15 cell phones   Blackberry Bold vs. Nokia E71 vs. HP iPAQ 900 CELL PHONE RESOURCE CENTER Best phones   Expert guides   Ask the Editors » Top 15 QWERTY phones   All-touch phones   Touchscreen phones Business phones   Multimedia phones   Concept phones 3+ inch screen phones   Wi-Fi phones   More... » Search (New!) Search by cell phone features » Manual comparison (New!) Select up to 4 cell phones side-by-side » By release May 2008, June 2008, Q3 2008 » Top 15 by carrier Unlocked, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Helio, Alltel » Top 15 by user type Average Joe, Business users, Calling addicts, Fashion conscious users, Globetrotters, High-res addicts, Internet addicts, Multimedia enthusiasts, Music aficionados, Outdoor enthusiasts, TV addicts, Video lovers, More... » Top 15 by brand Apple, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sony Ericsson Other » Top 15 by platform Palm OS, Symbian S60, Symbian UIQ, Windows Mobile » Top 15 by cell phone type Business smartphones, Multimedia smartphones Consumer QWERTY phones, Multimedia phones Concept phones NOW IN MULTIMEDIA SMARTPHONES iPhone 3G: Apple App Store will attract talented developers   iPhone 3G: Price change will lead to new Apple iPhones   Apple 3G iPhone: MMS, voice dialing and more to come soon   iPhone 3 predictions and Apple 3G iPhone hardware walk-through   Apple iPhone 3G in-depth look: GPS and location-based services Nokia N78 review Nokia N78 video review Apple iPhone 3G to go on sale for $200 on AT&T in July iPhone 2.0 coming to existing Apple iPhone customers in July Samsung Omnia i900 iPhone clone officially announced NOW IN PHONES iPhone Apps: Reviews of the 6 apps we really use   Palm Treo 800w review (Sprint)   Palm Treo 800w (Sprint) video review   What cell phones work where?   Top 10 candybar QWERTY smartphones Top 10 all-touch phones Four new phones are now shipping iPhone 3G: The world is ready for smart mobile solutions Next 25 stories MUST READ CELL PHONES» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated LAPTOPS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated CAMERAS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated MP3 players» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated INTERNET TABLETS» Coming soon » Top 15 » Best-rated GPS NAVIGATORS HDTVs CAMCORDERS

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