Street Map Mobile

I found a demo table at Nokia’s booth using the new Nokia Lumia 900. There were a few mapping apps that I haven’t seen before. This is one of them. It’s called Nokia Transport. It basically tells users how to get from one place to another using public transport. Nokia Transport supports about 400+ cities and 50 different languages. It will be available soon at the Windows Phone marketplace.

We look at the Astound package contents, a hardware tour, and a software walkthrough. The Nokia Astound features Symbian 3.1, which is newer than what’s found on the Nokia E7, C7, and N8. It has a new browser, portrait QWERTY keyboard, updated Ovi maps with preloaded maps for North America, Fruit Ninja, Slacker Radio, and more. We don’t really see apps added by T-Mobile here. There’s a T-mobile “my accounts” app that let’s you check account info. There’s also T-Mobile mall which is just really a web shortcut. There’s a Telenav GPS app, but I won’t be using it since Ovi Maps is already free with turn-by-turn voice navigation. The Nokia Astound will be available April 6th for .99 with new contract.

New version of Ovi Maps v3.07 is now available at beta labs for all Symbian^3 phones. Here’s an overview using the Nokia E7. The biggest change is that they have removed the application menu to Map, Navigation, Check in and Local content. There’s now a shortcut widget on the homescreen. The Place pages also have a new design. In navigation, you can pan the map to see the next move and explore the map within the route overview. Tapping on guides let’s you immediately see the weather forecast for your location or another city. Download at betalabs.nokia.com