|
|
Microsoft Silverlight for Symbian S60 devices is now available in Nokia Ovi Store for free download. Currently the app supports Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 and N97 Mini. Silverlight is a platform-independent tool for creating and presenting RIA (Rich Interactive Applications) on desktop and mobile devices.
Silverlight for Symbian S60
You can download the Silverlight for Symbian S60 app for free from the link below:
Nokia Ovi Maps has been extended for Nokia E71 and E66 devices. You can download Ovi Maps for Nokia E71 and E66 for free. This is great news for owners of E-Series business smart phones by Nokia. Earlier, Nokia released free turn by turn navigation with Ovi Maps supporting most of its mainstream smart phones but many handsets were left out, including Nokia N97, which got the Ovi Maps soon after. And now its turn of Nokia E66 and E71 to get the update. Ovi Maps can be downloaded from Ovi Store. Now you can also play Ovi Maps Racing on Nokia E71 and E66 smart phones.
Nokia Ovi Maps Racing, a racing game that uses GPS and Nokia Ovi Maps to convert your (virtual) neighborhood into race tracks, is now available for download from Nokia Ovi Store. The game, as Nokia describes, is a combination of Ovi Maps and Ovi Games and allows users to use GPS and Ovi Maps for fun. The best part, however, is that Nokia Ovi Maps Racing is FREE (for a limited time) and can be downloaded from Ovi Store.
The game comes just when Nokia Ovi Maps has recorded 1 million downloads in one week since it has been announced free to download. So, all those who have downloaded Ovi Maps can now experience racing in real world maps. This is going to be a delight for racing gamers. very entertaining way of using GPS for. Here’s the video demonstration of the game:
Download now and have fun with your maps!
This must be the much awaited news for all Nokia fans out there. Nokia has announced availability of its feature rich app Ovi Maps, supporting turn by turn navigation across globe, as FREE download from Nokia Maps. Turn by turn navigation service was previously a premium service and users had to pay for that. This move seems to be a response to free navigation service offered by Google in Android OS 2.0. Where Google’s navigation service is network intensive and requires a powerful data connection to work, Ovi Maps doesn’t require a network connection; it rather runs from your phone where maps are downloaded as you navigate. Another great offering of Ovi Maps is support for landmarks. Nokia’s navigation service supports 3D landmarks, and well over 6000 landmarks have been included to start with.
As per Nokia, all upcoming mobile phones with Symbian S60 OS will support Ovi Maps. Of the current products available in market, 10 qualify for Ovi Maps including:
Surprisingly though, as you could see in the list, Nokia N97 has been left out. Even more surprising is that you could have Ovi Maps on Nokia N97 Mini but not on Nokia N97. However we might get news regarding Nokia N97 soon. But for now, the buzz around availability of Nokia Ovi Maps for N97 will bypass the talk about Nokia’s just introduced free navigation service for current and upcoming handsets.
