Full navigation for Mahala
Theo Boshoff

We are delighted that Nokia has decided to make available walk and drive navigation free on its smartphones. As far as we know, it’s the only company that has done this thus far.
With the upgrade and release of the latest version of Ovi Maps (www.nokia.com/maps), Nokia users will be able to get voice navigation on their phones for mahala (free) with turn-by-turn instructions as well as other pedestrian navigation features, such as shortcuts through parks and where “pedestrian only” zones are in cities.

The turn-by-turn voice navigation is available for 74 countries at the moment and is supported in 46 languages; detailed maps are available for over 180 countries.
The mapping and voice navigation is free to Nokia smartphone users for the lifetime of their device and there are no extra costs for updates and the added traffic information services.

And best of all is that you do not need to be connected in any way to a network to use the maps, as they are downloaded to the phone and sit natively on the devise for whenever you want to use it. This means that if you, say, visit a European country and you did not activate your roaming, you will still be able to use your Nokia smartphone as a kind of dedicated navigation device, while the voice navigation will still work. It has all to do with Nokia’s hybrid map technology.

The new Ovi Maps is available for download right now for ten devices only, but all future smartphones with GPS capability released by Nokia will have Ovi Maps already installed and ready to go, featuring access to Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides also for free.