Nokia planning big iOS and Android HERE app push?

Nokia finds itself in a state of flux at the moment, figuring out its new position in the mobile space both as Microsoft takes control of the company’s devices and services divisions, and as it crosses platform boundaries, introducing the Nokia X family of Androids. As we wait to see exactly what the future holds for the company, a pair of new job listings give us some idea of what it might be cooking up on the software side of things, suggesting a possible cross-platform push for its HERE series of apps. We’ve had a taste of HERE on iOS and Android before, like the beta ...

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HERE Drive+ to go free for all Windows Phone 8.1 devices

Nokia’s services have proven to be one of the biggest ways for the company to differentiate the Lumia brand from competitors. As a result we’ve seen a ton of “HERE” services, like HERE Maps, that were initially available only to Nokia devices, but that were later ported across the platform. One of the services that wasn’t available available for free was HERE Drive+, though that is about to change with the announcement of Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft has just announced that both HERE Drive+ and also HERE Transit will go free for all Windows Phone 8.1 devices. ...

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