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More than 1.4 meg users effect downloaded Nokia Ovi Maps since Jan 21 – when Nokia defined to center free achievement and impart navigation.

1 meg downloads were provided within a hebdomad from launch, and today Nokia’s bringing digit download per second.

Most users are book Ovi Maps with free guidance on phones aforementioned Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5230, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini and Nokia E72.

According to Nokia, the crowning fivesome countries downloading Ovi Maps are China, Italy, the UK, FRG and Spain.

As previously announced, every infant Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones launched play March module allow Ovi Maps with free navigation, nonnegative free inbound to Michelin and Lonely Planet movement guides.

Although this sounds great, it looks aforementioned the upcoming smartphones module be a discernment more pricey than they would effect been if free guidance had not been included. Yamaltu Ojanpera, Nokia’s Executive Vice President Services, fresh told Reuters that Nokia believes customers are “willing to clear more for a good that included a guidance package” and that “most of the added income was due from the pricier phones.”

So free isn’t foregather free, since you effect to clear more for a phone. But that’s ease OK, I guess.

Via Press release

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Less than digit mark after Google launched free Maps Navigation for Android 2.0, today the assist is acquirable for Android 1.6 Donut as substantially (which runs on phones aforementioned T-Mobile’s G1 and MyTouch 3G).

In fact, Google says that Maps Navigation is cosmos free “for Android 1.6 and higher” – although, well, the exclusive higher edition of Android acquirable at the instance is the already mentioned 2.0.

To download the smart Google Maps Navigation Android app, meet the Android Market. Note that some of the features acquirable in Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 are not included in the edition for Android 1.6 – aforementioned the “navigate to” vocalise bidding feature.

Meanwhile, you haw poverty to (re)watch a recording dissent of Google Maps Navigation on a Motorola Droid:

Via the Google Mobile Blog

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After acquire bit-side, Plum and Cellity, Nokia wants to advise this year’s acquisitions with Dopplr – a UK-based interact that offers free movement ethnic networking services via the Dopplr website.

According to TechCrunch, Nokia is primed to clear between €10 meg ($14.7 million) and €15 meg ($22.1 million) for Dopplr, which is currently removed by CEO Marko Ahtisaari, an ex-Director of Design Strategy at Nokia.

Dopplr helps users by making their “travel intellection smarter” and allowing them to deal movement plans, encounter tips and impart movement advices.

The company’s acquisition module belike earmark Nokia to boost compound its possess services, including Nokia Maps.

Somehow related: Dopplr has a free iPhone app (see above), named The Social Atlas app for iPhone and acquirable here.

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