Nokia Maps, through the Nokia Drive application, lets you experience GPS navigation whether you have a connection or not and is available for FREE on Nokia Lumia devices. They regularly update Nokia Maps and in today's 2.0 release we see the following:
- Ability to add a photo to a place description and leave a review
- Cross platform syncing of your favorites
- Ability to pin directions and not just places or categories
As a Nokia N9 owner, I was pleased to see the cross platform syncing support that lets you sync your favorites across Windows Phone, Symbian, and MeeGo as well as with the mobile web version you can use on iOS and Android devices. You simply login to your Nokia account and all your favorites will appear. This is particularly handy when planning a trip since you can go online on a computer web browser and then setup favorites that you then simply select on your phone to navigate to.
I also forgot to previously mention that Bing Maps is now using Nokia Maps traffic and geocoding algorithms to make Bing Maps an even better product on Windows Phone for those that do not have Nokia Lumia devices.
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