Nokia could nearly double mobile navigation market
The declaration by Nokia of a latest edition of Ovi Maps for its smartphones has the potential to virtually double the mobile navigation market.
A latest version of Ovi Maps for Nokia smartphones has been proclaimed that allows consumers to access high-end gait and drive navigation for no extra cost.
This will contain turn-by-turn voice direction in 46 languages for 74 countries, along with traffic information for other than ten countries and detailed maps for above 180.
According to the phone creator, its declaration has the potential to almost double the scope of the present mobile navigation market.
Nokia is the only firm which has a mobile navigation service for both pedestrians and drivers that operates across the globe, Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice-president at Nokia, supposed.
“Unlike the legacy car navigation manufacturers, we don’t make you buy maps for different countries or regions even if you’re only visiting for a few days,” he added.
Investigation firm Canalys assessed that in 2009, Nokia accounted for more than half of the units of smartphones with integrated GPS.
Nokia chief executive officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo newly told representatives at the Consumer Electronics Show that the preponderance of people uses their mobile handsets as the first port of call for internet access.
