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Introducing The Almanac (and a few other small changes to Nokia Conversations)

GLOBAL – Uncharacteristically, we have another “administrative” announcement. The last one was pretty recent and mentioned things likeĀ Blogbite, @nokconv on Twitter, and blogs.nokia.com. This time around we want to introduce something a bit larger.

One thing that we’ve been wishing for is a central place that has all the information on a particular product or service. No, we don’t mean some static page with fancy graphics and long lists of technical specs. What we wanted was a page that had some info on the product, some photos, some dynamic ever-changing info about the product, and something fun. A jumping-off place for all you would want to know about a particular product.

What we came up with is The Almanac. And we think it’ll be a hit. Read on for more details.

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Breaking world records

MOUNT EVEREST, Nepal/China – Two cricket teams climbed to the Everest base camp earlier this week to play a game of cricket, raising money for charity and breaking the current world record for the highest game of cricket ever played. The expedition team, sponsored by Nokia Maps, set off on their journey from London on April 9 and reached their destination, the Gorak Shep, nine days later.
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Nokia Maps for pedestrians

GLOBAL – Getting Nokia Maps right for walkers is much harder than it is for cars. Covering ground in cars, for starters is a much faster than doing it on foot. Sounds obvious, but did you know mapping companies such as Nokia’s own Navteq actually send people out in cars to check roads and Points of Interest? Recently, blogger and geoinformation specialist Christian Spanring took Nokia Maps for a spin as a pedestrian and, comparing it to some alternatives, unearthed some good and some not so good elements of how Nokia Maps works for those on foot.
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Nokia World round-up

BARCELONA, Spain – Another Nokia World is over and I have to say it’s been by far the most exciting one yet. One of the most impressive devices (the most impressive device) ever to come out of Espoo was revealed and the reaction has been utterly stunning.

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The future of Nokia Maps

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Nokia Maps for the mobile and the pc

Nokia Maps matures with Ovi fusion

BARCELONA, Spain – Today sees the newest installment of Nokia Maps emerge with Ovi integration and stacks of smart guidance upgrades. Building on the context aware roots of the previous incarnation of Maps, this latest version has evolved to expand on the original vision and include more social mapping tools and introduce a new cross-platform twist between mobile and PC.

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Cool survey results from Nokia Maps guys!

COULD BE ANYWHERE - The Nokia Maps guys commissioned a really smart study into navigation and maps, where 12,500 people in 13 countries were asked about their sense of direction and navigation habits. In one finding, they saw that one in ten people find it impossible to navigate around London. Plus, to make it worse, one in three Londoners admit to deliberately giving people the wrong directions.

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