Nokia Maps released with smooth HTML5 and iOS/Droid browser support

[mrk]

Not an app hence a fresh thread but this is quite good, it allows you to download maps to the phone as well for offline usage and all done via the browser. It has some nice features like nearby things to find, directional navigation and some other bits.

Worth keeping bookmarked TBH, no multitouch support yet on Droids but I imagine it will get updated.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/25/nokia-maps-officially-arrives-on-ios-and-android-touts-offline/

Working fine for me in Boat.

 

[paradigm]

One question, what's the point of this over say NavFree?

 

[loltim]

One question, what's the point of this over say NavFree?

HTML5 powered seems to be it's biggest selling point :/ Certainly won't stop people who don't have a poverty data allowance from using google nav.

Navteq wasn't even that great on my E72.

 

[chrismscotland]

Seems to work nicely on my Playbook as well, looks like a good online rival to Google Maps.
Always liked Ovi Maps on my E72, was one of the few things Nokia still had going for it.

 

[mrk]

If data allowance is an issue you could just connect to wifi, donwload the local map to browse offline instead, it seems to work easily enough

HTML5 is its selling point yeah, seems to be smooth on the majority of compatible devices.