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Nokia releases GPS software for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices February 08, 2007 [General] | By Edward J. R. Nokia and their S60 platform and Nokia-owned Symbian Ltd, are main competitors of Windows Mobile phones, so it may look strange that Nokia is releasing software for Windows Mobile... but clearly Windows Mobile is getting stronger and stronger, and therefore it makes increasingly less and less sense not to support Windows Mobile. Next logical step: Nokia mobile phones powered by Windows Mobile! * * * * * smart2go mapping and navigation platform made available for the most popular mobile operating systems Nokia today announced that it is making its smart2go mapping and navigation platform, available for free download (www.smart2go.com), enabling millions of people to use the most comprehensive map coverage offered on a mobile device. The platform allows for mapping and routing in over 150 countries and has support for full turn-by-turn satellite navigation in over 30 countries. The application allows people to view where they are on a map, search for points-of-interests (POI) around them and create routes to get them there free of charge. Nokia plans to start offering the smart2go application for free, on Saturday, February 10th, for selected Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile 5.0 devices initially and has plans to roll out support for most of the major mobile OS platforms including Nokia S60, Series 40, PocketPC, Linux and other Windows Mobile devices. [...] smart2go is new: the software turns mobile computers, smartphones and PDAs into local mapping and routing engines with a navigation option, providing worldwide mapping free of charge. In so doing, the unique hybrid solution combines the advantages of on-board and off-board navigation. Maps and location-aware content only need to be loaded once - they are then always available on the client. As smart2go will carry the application name "Nokia Maps" across many future Nokia devices, it will also be available for a diversity of other operating systems such as Windows Mobile 5 and Linux, in the future. Original source of this story is here. The download will be available on February 10th, 2007, from here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 2 Comments ]
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