Nokia Announces Free Mobile Mapping and Navigation Service

6:00 am on February 9, 2007 | Category: Cell Phones, Software, Telecom Services, Wireless

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Finnish cell phone maker, Nokia, announced this week that it is launching a free mobile mapping service for users in over 150 countries worldwide.

The “smart2go” service will be launched around the globe on February 10, allowing mobile phone users to access local search and route-finding features at no charge. It also comes with the optional add-on of car navigation software, at a significantly lower price than dedicated GPS devices.

Standalone GPS device makers like TomTom, however, do not see mobile phones as a direct threat to their core business model, believing instead that they widen the overall market for route-finding software.

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