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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 exorbitant 30 Euro fee for using this service!
This is the ‘big news’ that Nokia said it would announce globally at 3 pm India time on Thursday! The announcement will be made in London and not Helsinki, the headquarters of the world’s largest handset maker.
The move is set to impact domestic firms that provide navigation devises across the globe as Nokia’s smartphone reach extends to almost all countries that offer a mobile service. For starters, this service will be available in 75 countries across 45 languages.
For users in India, the world’s fastest growing mobile market, the service is available in 84 of the country’s key cities including the four metros. Put simply, in these places, customers can use their Nokia handset to navigate as they drive or even walk. Importantly, Nokia has also mapped put over a million key installations, also called points of intent, that will further help you use this service.
Navigate for free with your Nokia handset in 75 countries- Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
This is the ‘big news’ that Nokia said it would announce globally at 3 pm India time on Thursday! The announcement will be made in London and not Helsinki, the headquarters of the world’s largest handset maker.
The move is set to impact domestic firms that provide navigation devises across the globe as Nokia’s smartphone reach extends to almost all countries that offer a mobile service. For starters, this service will be available in 75 countries across 45 languages.
For users in India, the world’s fastest growing mobile market, the service is available in 84 of the country’s key cities including the four metros. Put simply, in these places, customers can use their Nokia handset to navigate as they drive or even walk. Importantly, Nokia has also mapped put over a million key installations, also called points of intent, that will further help you use this service.
Navigate for free with your Nokia handset in 75 countries- Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
Nokia to Announce Major in February
Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of mobile phones that is struggling to maintain its market share, said that it would reveal a major smartphone strategy shift on February 11, 2011, during a conference for investors and financial analysts. Potentially, the company may announce plans to start making phones featuring Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7 or Google Android operating systems.
"Nokia faces some very significant challenges. The game has changed from a battle of devices to a war of ecosystems and competitive ecosystems are gaining momentum and share. The emergence of ecosystems represents the broad convergence of the mobility, computing and services industries. [...] Nokia must compete on an ecosystem-to-ecosystem basis. In addition to great devices, we must build, catalyze, and/or join a competitive ecosystem," said Stephen Elop, chief executive officer of Nokia, during a recent conference call.
Although Nokia is still the largest maker of smartphones, its market share is declining because Nokia essentially competes against numerous companies who utilize Google Android operating system. The cell phone maker has to alone develop technologies that its competitors get as a result of collaboration with Google or Microsoft.
Mr. Elop admits that for Nokia it is very crucial to continue offering unique technologies and experience, which is something hard to do with off-the-shelf operating systems like Android or Windows Phone 7. Still, if those platforms become more competitive than Nokia's own, the company will naturally have to start using them instead of its own Symbian for at least certain phones.
Nokia has not said directly that it would start using Google Android or Microsoft Windows Phone 7, but a major strategy shift clearly has to do something with the software platform as the hardware part of Nokia is hardly too different from other cell phones.
so its Windows 7 or android ....
Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of mobile phones that is struggling to maintain its market share, said that it would reveal a major smartphone strategy shift on February 11, 2011, during a conference for investors and financial analysts. Potentially, the company may announce plans to start making phones featuring Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7 or Google Android operating systems.
"Nokia faces some very significant challenges. The game has changed from a battle of devices to a war of ecosystems and competitive ecosystems are gaining momentum and share. The emergence of ecosystems represents the broad convergence of the mobility, computing and services industries. [...] Nokia must compete on an ecosystem-to-ecosystem basis. In addition to great devices, we must build, catalyze, and/or join a competitive ecosystem," said Stephen Elop, chief executive officer of Nokia, during a recent conference call.
Although Nokia is still the largest maker of smartphones, its market share is declining because Nokia essentially competes against numerous companies who utilize Google Android operating system. The cell phone maker has to alone develop technologies that its competitors get as a result of collaboration with Google or Microsoft.
Mr. Elop admits that for Nokia it is very crucial to continue offering unique technologies and experience, which is something hard to do with off-the-shelf operating systems like Android or Windows Phone 7. Still, if those platforms become more competitive than Nokia's own, the company will naturally have to start using them instead of its own Symbian for at least certain phones.
Nokia has not said directly that it would start using Google Android or Microsoft Windows Phone 7, but a major strategy shift clearly has to do something with the software platform as the hardware part of Nokia is hardly too different from other cell phones.
so its Windows 7 or android ....
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awww shucks, the rumours and speculation seems to be coming true 
in that case, Nokia will become just another handset maker like htc, samsung etc...
never cared for this company (except for my N900 that too only for maemo and not the company)... now i think i will move back to motorola in the future
meego - who knows what will happen there...
---------- Post added at 03:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:51 PM ----------
BTW, it could even be PalmOS, not just WP7 or Android
in that case, Nokia will become just another handset maker like htc, samsung etc...
never cared for this company (except for my N900 that too only for maemo and not the company)... now i think i will move back to motorola in the future
meego - who knows what will happen there...
---------- Post added at 03:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:51 PM ----------
BTW, it could even be PalmOS, not just WP7 or Android
