Nokia navigation (free) available now for Android

[FourWheelDrift]

HERE formally Ovi & Nokia maps is now available to all Android devices new enough to run it, still in beta development but worth a look.

http://here.com/beta/android/?lang=en-GB

Offline maps available as well.

[selwonk]

Thanks for the heads up; looks quite promising!

[smiffy180]

Cheers, I've downloaded it and the offline map.
will see how it goes, normally use google maps as it's the only one that hasn't let me down in any way!

[SamR380]

Works well on my WP. Stores maps locally but isn't too big, don't know if it will do the same on Android.

[ZesPak]

smiffy180 said:

Cheers, I've downloaded it and the offline map.
will see how it goes, normally use google maps as it's the only one that hasn't let me down in any way!

Google maps is still superior in all but one aspect.
Maps are still online, and you need data.
Because of that, battery suffers as well.

[smiffy180]

ZesPak said:

Google maps is still superior in all but one aspect.
Maps are still online, and you need data.
Because of that, battery suffers as well.

Yes that's the main reason for me.
And also atm my internet works as and when, no idea what's up but an offline version will be a get around until I get my new phone in a few weeks.

all the last free versions with offline maps I've used have done stupid things like taken me off the motorway to put me back on?

[selwonk]

This does look extremely promising. The ability to plot complex multi-destination routes on the desktop (including being able to drag the route) is great. The only thing I can't seem to get working is syncing the collections with my phone.

[wolves_wanderer]

It is superb on Windows. A Nokia 530/cheap Moto loaded with European maps is as good as a standalone satnav and cheaper.

[selwonk]

I got the collections to sync, but it seems you can't (currently) add a route to a collection.

[andy-xr]

Will give this a try tomorrow on a colleague collection from the airport, looks good from what I've seen so far, but not seeing much different to CoPilot really

[RobinBanks]

I'm going to install and try it. I'm always looking for good navigation apps.

[andy-xr]

Tried it, uninstalled it.

First off, I appreciate it's a beta. It didnt really give anything over any other nav app to be honest, traffic info wasnt great, reporting a 45 minute delay that a) never existed and b) if it was there, could have been routed around.

Voices are robotic, I understand that you can get hi-fi voices if you create an account, but that's just one more account and set of details to provide, and tbh, if it's free, I'm the product, so this wasnt good enough value to hand over my details for.

It ate my battery, I tried different settings, different mapping, but my phone charger couldnt keep up with the drain

CoPilot or Google Maps does the same thing with less resource use, better voices and more accurate traffic

[PF62]

Now available to download direct from Microsoft/Nokia/HERE - http://here.com/beta/android/?lang=en-US

[RobGT81]

Available on the Play store now. I'll probably keep hold of it to use when I need offline maps.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....

[FourWheelDrift]

Is anyone else getting "open using" popups when trying to open the Google search bookmark from within Chrome? Even though I chose "always" it will ask me again later, not straight away. Only happens with Here Beta installed which is along with the Flynx browser and Hold the only listed options.