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Back in May, Nokia had announced that they are shutting down the Ovi brand and rebranding all their Ovi services back to Nokia over the course of the year. But it looks like that’s taking place at a faster pace than we imagined.
The latest in line to get rebranded back to Nokia is the Ovi Maps App and service. Nokia Betalabs has just released the latest beta for the Maps for Mobile app v3.08, which is now called Nokia Maps for Mobile. The V3.08 Beta brings in the following improvements:
Nokia Maps v3.08 is here with big changes in Drive. You can avoid gridlock and other road blocks with our live traffic routing feature. We’ve also changed the whole look & feel – cleaned up the layout and increased the size of the buttons for easier use. You can now change your settings in Drive and set a contact as a destination. Take it for a test drive and tell us what you think!
What’s different from v3.07?
Drive Enhancements:
- Live traffic routing takes traffic information into account to avoid traffic jams automatically (available in Germany, France, US, UK and Russia).
- Turn on “Avoid traffic” in your “Route settings” to take traffic conditions into account while you drive. Always get the best route for right now.
- New Drive look & feel – home screen now has buttons for “Set destination,” “Drive home” and “Just drive.”
- “Just drive” or Drive assistance shows your accurate speed, gives speed warnings, the distance driven and real time traffic.
- New information bar on Drive navigation and Drive assistance screens.
- Also easily toggle between Estimated Time of Arrival in minutes or distance to your destination – just tap the icon on the screen.
- New option menus in Drive.
- Set a contact as a destination.
- Easily change your settings during Drive navigation. Changes in settings are immediate and can been seen instantly.
Additional improvements
- Long tap is now available to give quick access to “Drive to,” “Walk to,” “Share” and various lists.
- Settings reorganized to “General” “Maps & Walk” and “Drive.”
As always, you can grab the Nokia Maps for Mobile V3.08 Beta, over at Nokia BetaLabs.
Lawyer by profession and a long time Nokia & Symbian user, Yash has been following Nokia's journey with Symbian and now Windows Phone. He is always open for discussion on everything Nokia, Symbian & Windows Phone.
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