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Microsoft wants a piece of HERE Maps for the same reason Amazon does
Nope, it’s necessarily about bringing back the HERE Maps app to Windows Phone. But where is it going to go from there? Well, nowhere, not unless Microsoft helps it along. Or Amazon. Or both.Both Amazon and Microsoft have been working on cloud server agreements with HERE, formerly Nokia-run, now in the hands of a German ...
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HERE Maps are off of Windows 10 Mobile — now what, Microsoft?
We pulled off a couple of maps apps comparisons last year, one of them was between Google Maps and HERE Maps. In a world where the best option for Windows Phone and Windows 10 users was HERE Maps, it sure was a great option for them. But, as the service announced yesterday, it won’t be anymore.So, what’s up now? How will Microsoft fill the hole, seeing as its own Maps client has been sorely lacking? A Redditor ...
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Here Maps gets ready to leave behind Windows smartphones
We’re looking at the end of an era for Windows smartphones, as Microsoft looks ready to finally start delivering updates that will transform the current crop of Windows Phone 8.1-powered handsets into modern Windows 10 Mobile devices. While that change promises exciting times ahead for the platform, the Windows Phone era has been full of some memorable times, to say nothing of some memorable software – not the least of which has been Nokia’s Here lineup. But just like it has to Windows ...
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German automakers close to acquiring Nokia’s HERE Maps
At a time when Google has major developments in the self-driving car concept, and pretty much owns the most popular mapping platform in the world, it’s no surprise that automakers are worried over the company becoming a major competitor in the future. Google Maps may be free for consumers, but GPS tracking companies that use the service have to pay a pretty penny for the use of the maps. As a result, many automakers were inclined to use Nokia’s HERE Maps as an alternative over the last couple of years for their vehicle navigation systems, and given
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Can HERE Maps compete with the likes of Google?
HERE Maps has sort of been the salvation for navigation for Windows Phone users, especially offline navigation. The praises of this feature are sang across the internet almost any time the service is mentioned. Many prefer Nokia’s take on mapping over the baked-in Bing Maps on Microsoft’s mobile platform and understandably so. Although Nokia’s mapping services, such as navigation or transit directions, are divided across multiple applications, it’s typically a more reliable and renowned service.HERE Maps is one of the ...
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HERE Maps drops Samsung exclusivity, now available for Android users at large
Back in late August, we caught wind of a new chapter in Nokia’s evolution of HERE Maps, as the company announced plans for an Android release through a special partnership with Samsung. Sure enough, just a few weeks later we saw the software go live for Samsung handsets. That was well and good if you were a Samsung user, but what about the rest of us? Today Nokia pushes HERE Maps forward upon a wider audience than ...
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Nokia brings HERE Maps to Android, exclusively for Samsung models
When Samsung introduced its curved-screen Gear S smartwatch the other day, it announced an interesting collaboration, partnering with Nokia to bring HERE maps to the wearable for delivering navigation services. We also saw teasers for this HERE/Gear effort on social media, but it wasn’t clear if the Gear S was the beginning and end of the partnership, or if there’d be more to it. Well, today the other shoe drops, as Nokia announces HERE for Android, exclusively on Samsung ...
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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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Galaxy fingerprint scanning, iPad in trial production, Google HTC One & more – Pocketnow Daily
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Sony’s launch of the Xperia Tablet Z, price points and the reason why it’s worth your money. We then move into Apple territory as reports call the next-generation iPad ready for trial production. Later it’s HTC in the news as we talk about a Google HTC One in the works and when we assume it might be launched. Then we talk about Nokia and their LiveSight technology reaching their Here Maps application for almost every other device that supports it. We end today’s show talking about Samsung’s possible project ...
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Nokia Here Maps update adds LiveSight
It’s been about six months since Nokia launched Here, its new mapping service. It all sounded very promising, with a rich SDK for letting devs add content to the experience. Of course, Nokia itself continues to tinker away at Here, and today announced a pretty substantial update for the Windows Phone app, adding support for LiveSight augmented reality. We heard Nokia talking about LiveSight back during the Mobile World Congress, ...
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Why Don’t I Have Weather Overlays In Turn-By-Turn Navigation?
I was driving from Canada to Boston several months back, about halfway back from the BlackBerry 10 unveiling in Toronto, when an unfriendly darkness crept up over the horizon ahead. Talking to my father on the phone, I mentioned that I was somewhere in eastern New York State, and he asked if I was driving into any weather; apparently he’d seen mention on TV of a storm in the region. My eyes flashed to my other phone, the BlackBerry Z10 review unit I’d just picked up, which was propped up ...