A day after Apple made waves by unveiling a proprietary iOS mapping platform, WPcentral reports...

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wigit5 Comments (2478)
 
Strange I like Bing maps...
12 Jun 2012, 06:34 PM Reply Like

techy46 Comments (3918)
 
Not strange if you look at Nokia Drive, Maps and Transport functionality vs. Bing Maps.
12 Jun 2012, 07:19 PM Reply Like

barcaboyvn Comments (262)
 
Nokia already integrated Nokia Drive in WP7.5, it's not a news!
12 Jun 2012, 06:36 PM Reply Like

techy46 Comments (3918)
 
Nokia Maps is not integrated in WP7.5 it's just offered as an app.
12 Jun 2012, 07:17 PM Reply Like

bushwacker4x4 Comments (3)
 
It came with my WP7.5 Lumia phone.
12 Jun 2012, 08:12 PM Reply Like

Mr Ed Comments (41)
 
I love bing...What up?
12 Jun 2012, 06:51 PM Reply Like

techy46 Comments (3918)
 
Nokia now offers Nokia Drive, Maps and Transport as apps from the Nokia Collection in the Windows Phone Marketplace. If Microsoft replaces Bing Maps with Nokia apps in WP8 then who thinks Microsoft isn't ready to support Nokia to the limit financially? Microsoft will presumably also offer those apps in the Windows 8 Marketplace for notebooks and tablets. Skype integration with People and Phone Hubs would be huge. Nokia City Lens app is currently in beta test on Lumia 900 that provides for using camera to find spots of local interest in cities. We'll know for sure next week on June 20.
12 Jun 2012, 07:16 PM Reply Like

barcaboyvn Comments (262)
 
I think MSFT should pay NOK if they want to use Nokia Drive as a part of the OS, that's a huge cost saving for MSFT and more cash coming in for NOK, a win-win situation but I don't know why they just have not done that.
12 Jun 2012, 07:29 PM Reply Like

techy46 Comments (3918)
 
The $1B a year, $250m quarter, in transition fees going from MSFT to NOK is just the beginning of what's possible. MSFT wnats this win really bad and that means NOK has a real partner for 3-5 years.
12 Jun 2012, 10:34 PM Reply Like

BadDog40 Comments (22)
 
I know what you mean. I have a hard time getting the notes from the weekly top management meetings also.
13 Jun 2012, 02:42 AM Reply Like

Lawrence Kuznick Comments (7)
 
So much good news, so much bad news. The Nokia situation is really disturbing, and I keep thinking that down the road it will improve. The stock doesn't yet agree with that, it doesn't react to the Microsoft connection.
13 Jun 2012, 12:42 AM Reply Like