“I should warn you, the Tretyakov Gallery is a bit tricky to find.”
“Don’t worry, I got it.”
Such chutzpah in a foreign city with a different language — and alphabet, even — could only be possible with Ovi Maps on my Nokia handset…
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Available right now for mobiles running Nokia’s S60/Symbian OS and coming soon for Android and crippled Internet appliances, buddycloud automates the tedium of manual check-ins. As soon as you “teach” it a particular place — by entering as much or as little detail as you choose to — it uses any combination of cellular towers, GPS, WiFi antennas and even Bluetooth radios to figure out when you’ve returned.
It’s one of those things that makes you wonder why nobody thought of it sooner…
Now that I’ve asked my questions in the virtual press conference and had some time to reflect on the answers, I’m ready to deliver my verdict on the Ovi Maps navigation free-for-all.
It’s a big news day for Nokia — they’ve announced that turn-by-turn directions is to be made free worldwide on Ovi Maps, their mapping app for S60 and Maemo devices. I’ve been invited to a virtual Q&A regarding the announcement, and in the spirit of sharing I’m inviting you to join in too!
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