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After three months in beta test, Ovi Maps 3.6 has
been formally released for many (but not all)
Symbian touchscreen phones. You'll find it as the
lead item in Ovi Store and when installed will
show as "v3.06 10wk50b12" (i.e. two weeks
later than the most recent December beta). It's possible that the new version will also show up
in Sw_update and Ovi Suite at some point too.
The big improvements, you may recall, over the
previous Ovi Maps v3.4 are multitouch zooming
(on Symbian^3 devices), on-device map
downloading, fuzzy searching for places and items, a new Drive assistance mode with live
traffic flow, the addition of public transport lines
and a generally streamlined and optimised
interface all round.
t's somewhat odd for such a major core
component of Nokia's Symbian suite to be
released through the Ovi Store first, but maybe
this is an indication that Ovi Maps is now
divorced far more from device firmwares. We've
seen this in the way Nokia Beta Labs has been able to issue betas that are installable
'standalone'. Note that you don't have to worry about
resetting your phone or deleting old map data,
the new version 3.6 handles all that for you. If
system disk space is tight on your S60 5th Edition
phone, you might like to first manually remove
any previous installed beta or update that's kicking around, but otherwise it's a seamless
install. Interestingly, on some devices where
system disk space is already critical (e.g. N97
classic), the update isn't shown at all, to
discourage users from updating and getting into
serious trouble.
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After three months in beta test, Ovi Maps 3.6 has
been formally released for many (but not all)
Symbian touchscreen phones. You'll find it as the
lead item in Ovi Store and when installed will
show as "v3.06 10wk50b12" (i.e. two weeks
later than the most recent December beta). It's possible that the new version will also show up
in Sw_update and Ovi Suite at some point too.
The big improvements, you may recall, over the
previous Ovi Maps v3.4 are multitouch zooming
(on Symbian^3 devices), on-device map
downloading, fuzzy searching for places and items, a new Drive assistance mode with live
traffic flow, the addition of public transport lines
and a generally streamlined and optimised
interface all round.
t's somewhat odd for such a major core
component of Nokia's Symbian suite to be
released through the Ovi Store first, but maybe
this is an indication that Ovi Maps is now
divorced far more from device firmwares. We've
seen this in the way Nokia Beta Labs has been able to issue betas that are installable
'standalone'. Note that you don't have to worry about
resetting your phone or deleting old map data,
the new version 3.6 handles all that for you. If
system disk space is tight on your S60 5th Edition
phone, you might like to first manually remove
any previous installed beta or update that's kicking around, but otherwise it's a seamless
install. Interestingly, on some devices where
system disk space is already critical (e.g. N97
classic), the update isn't shown at all, to
discourage users from updating and getting into
serious trouble.
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