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Nokia Offers Free Turn-by-Turn Navigation on Its Smartphones Worldwide

Following Google’s steps [or "directions"], Nokia is now offering free turn-by-turn navigation on more than 20 million of its compatible smartphones worldwide. A move that is definitely going to put some pressure and even hurt veteran GPS navigation companies such as TomTom and Garmin, the latter which recently launched a new $29.99 aerial imagery service.

The Nokia navigation service is powered by Ovi Maps. Unlike the Google Navigation App for Android, the Nokia navigation service offers turn-by-turn directions and detailed maps for over 70 countries worldwide and 46 different languages.

For more information or to download Nokia Ovi Maps Navigation for free, visit maps.nokia.com. Let us know what you think of it.

[ via Engadget ]

Rumor Alert: Free Google Navigation App in The Works?

According to Forbes, various navigation service companies suspect [and fear] that a free voice-guided, real-time, turn-by-turn navigation app by Google is in the works. These companies believe ad-support would make it possible for the application to be free. Google has a lot of experience in that department, since it already put ads on the iPhone map application, which it helped build. More »