Nokia confirms HERE Maps apps for iOS & all Android by end of the year with offline support
When Nokia announced HERE Maps Beta app with offline support exclusively for Galaxy smartphones, we asked you to expect HERE Maps eventually coming to other Android devices and even AOSP smartphones by end of the year.
Nokia has confirmed now that a HERE Maps app...
HERE Beta compatible with all Samsung Galaxy phones. Expect wider Android release by end of the Year
Nokia took everyone by surprise by announcing HERE Beta exclusively for Samsung Galaxy devices. Now, this post is to clarify three of the most frequently asked questions about HERE Beta for Samsung Galaxy and for wider Android audience.
First FAQ is: Which Galaxy devices will...
Nokia makes HERE official for Samsung Tizen devices including Samsung Gear S with offline support
Samsung's press release already revealed that HERE is powering its recently released smartwatch, Samsung Gear S.
Now, Nokia has announced that not only Samsung Gear S but also all other Samsung Tizen devices will get HERE Maps. What is truly awesome is the fact that...
Nokia steps up the game. Brings HERE Maps to Samsung Galaxy devices with offline support
This is quite a significant development for HERE and of course Nokia!! Nokia has entered into a licensing agreement with Samsung to bring HERE Beta to Samsung Galaxy devices. HERE Beta will be available for free and will bring HERE's famous true offline navigation...
Samsung Gear S does have HERE with pedestrian navigation, but more will be revealed today!!
I actually thought of covering this only after the "HERE for Gear" announcement today. But, with every other blog spilling the beans, it is hard to resist. Anyways, there are more announcements to be made other than "HERE Maps for Samsung Gear S" today....
Nokia teases “HERE for Gear”. Will reveal more tomorrow!!
Nokia has posted above image on HERE's Twitter account and it teases "HERE for Gear". So, while it is not too difficult to guess, we decided to reveal anything about it only tomorrow when HERE team makes the announcements. And, we hear that there...
Good news for HERE: Intex launches world’s cheapest smartphone ($33) running Firefox OS
Intex, an Indian manufacturer has launched cheapest smartphone "Intex Cloud FX" priced at just Rs 1999 ( USD 33). This smartphone runs Firefox OS which uses HERE Maps as its mapping solution. So, while this is not a Nokia branded phone, its launch still...
Updated: Report claims “strategy discord” behind HERE CEO stepping down
Update:
A report from Bloomberg claims that the disagreement about HERE’s future strategy with Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri may have made HERE CEO, Michael Halbherr to step down. Perhaps the internal debate is over whether HERE should focus on automotive and enterprise clients or continue...
Meego / Meltemi not dead, may metamorphose into a cloud-based Nokia OS in future
All Nokia fans do remember Meego, the beautiful and promising Nokia's homegrown OS, that was first and last seen on Nokia N9 before it was considered dead. Tech Media was Gung-Ho about Meego's experience and it was widely seen as the proof that Nokia...
HERE ( Nokia ) receives “Innovation Leadership award” in the field of “Connected & Autonomous cars”
HERE, Nokia's Location arm has been chosen by analyst firm "Frost & Sullivan" as the recipient of its prestigious "North America Automotive connected services technology innovation leadership" award for the year 2014. This is what Frost & Sullivan" has to say about why only...
Zubie selected for “connected car” funding by Nokia (NGP)
Some time ago, Nokia Growth Partners (NGP), Nokia’s venture capital investment arm had announced $100 million connected car opportunities fund. And, now Nokia has announced the first deal under connected car fund.
Zubie, a connected car technology provider has been picked for investment by NGP....
Watch Nokia’s connected driving “HERE Auto” solution in action
It has been sometime since Nokia announced connected driving end-to-end solution called "HERE Auto". Some car manufacturers like Volvo and partners like QNX have already adopted this solution which connects the car to cloud for a seamless experience across Car's Dashboard and other smart...