Nokia and Yahoo announced yesterday that theywould be partnering, to bring “integrated web services to the millions of consumers around the world”. The main highlights are: As part of the alliance: - Nokia will be the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!’s maps and navigation services, integrating Ovi Maps across Yahoo! properties, branded as “powered by Ovi.” - Yahoo!... 

The latest add-on for Ovi maps is the ability to have your own voice direct you around town. Its a great addition for those who hate being bossed around by the navigation system! Choose from a wide array of voice packs. Own Voice for Ovi Maps  allows you to record your own voice, and if you’re not too eloquent you can pick any voice from the list of  voice packs available with the software. Creating... 

During a Q&A session today, Nokia revealed plans today for a Ovi Maps Competition. Ovi Maps wants you to create your Ovi Maps story the way you prefer:You can record a video and share it via YouTube, Vimeo, Qik or any other video service of your choice; Take pictures, upload them on Facebook and click here to create your story with Ovi Map’s Facebook application. You can also upload... 

Google Maps Mobile on the N900 Google still hasn’t released their version of the Google Maps application for the N900, which is unfortunate. Luckily since the N900 has a full featured browser, you can use the Google Maps mobile site itself to find your way around. Before you head over to the google site, head over to the Application Manager and install the maemo-geolocation plugin for the browser.... 

As mentioned earlier, Nokia announced today that Ovi Maps and some other premium content would be freely available across all Nokia GPS enabled smartphones. According to Nokia, “Until today, Navigation has been kept in the hands of the few. Today that changes. We realised that billions of people around the world already have mobile phones that are perfectly suited to delivering Navigation. So... 

Nokia announced today, that they would be offering free turn-by-turn navigation on its smartphones across 74 in 46 languages, with detailed maps of 180 countries. The free turn-by-turn navigation trend was started by Google with the Motorola Droid device. Unlike Google’s navigation service, which required an active data connection, Nokia says that the service would be capable of operating offline...