Nokia Ovi Maps v3.04 Beta Version !

Ovi Maps^Beta for mobile (v3.04)

With the Ovi Maps^Beta (v3.04) exploring new places and getting to your destination is easier and faster than ever. This new Beta release is all about performance improvement.
Get easily to destinations with Drive & Walk, FREE voice guided car and pedestrian navigation for over 70 countries. Preload maps for entire countries on your Nokia GPS phone with Map Loader and enjoy using all these features and services also offline.
Online you can check Weather forecasts & Events around your location or any other in the world. Find thousands of listings for sights, restaurants, hotels, shops, nightlife and more with free travel content by Lonely Planet and Michelin, available for over 1000 destinations. You can even book a hotel room via HRS Hotels, currently available in Germany and Finland, coming to more countries soon.

Share your location with friends on Facebook and let them know what you are up to, right from Ovi Maps. Your status update, photo and location appear on your Facebook page. Your location can be viewed on the map within the Ovi Maps Facebook Application.

Roadtrip? Roadtrip!
Watch the video from Jan 21^st introducing FREE Drive & Walk navigation in over 70 countries, featuring our Product Managers, Richa and Justus

What's different from the previous release (v3.03)?
We have made a few tweaks to improve the performance of Ovi Maps:

• Improved positioning speed and accuracy
• Map zooming with faster speed
• Improved search for cities with zoom out to city level

To get the latest map data, we recommend you to use Map Loader. It will detect which version of maps you have and update accordingly. Just follow the on-screen instructions.

Ovi Maps for web is compatible with all desktop browsers. For the full experience, including 3D maps, we recommend the following browsers:

For the full experience, the recommended browsers are:
Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
- Internet Explorer 7 and 8
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and 3.5
Mac OSX 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
- Safari 3 and 4 (32 bit)

Download s60 3.2 Devices : E52, E55, E72, 6710 Navigator, 6730 Classic
Download s60 5.0 Devices : X6, N97 Mini, N97 (v2.xxx onwards*), 5230, 5800 XM (v3.1xxx onwards*)

* Before installing Ovi Maps, please check that you have the latest phone software version for your device. Enter *#0000# on your phone's home screen and check if the version is greater than v2.xxx (N97) or greater than v3.1xxx (5800). If needed you can update your phone software using Nokia Software Updater.

Known issues (26^th February 2010)

Signing in crash for Nokia E72, E55 and E52 users: We have noticed that for some users when synchronising favourites, trying to share my location or signing in to the Ovi account that it crashes. Please following the instructions that can be found on the Nokia Support page.

Known issues (1st March 2010)

Potential incompatibilities with other apps: Due to incompatibilities of underlying Open C/C++ components, installing this beta may cause some other apps to stop working. If this happens, please revert back to the commercial Ovi Maps version.
Signing in crash for Nokia E72, E55 and E52 users: We have noticed that for some users when synchronising favourites, trying to share my location or signing in to the Ovi account that it crashes. Please following the instructions that can be found on the Nokia Support page.

As it is a beta version, you can follow it up at Nokia Beta lab for any change or progress.