To sweeten the deal, start-up Waze is announcing the availability of a free navigation application for the iPhone Thursday.
He aims to promote peace, friendship and free navigation on the river.
"Mobile users have sent us feedback that they have switched to our partner apps due to the addition of free navigation, " said Shannph Wong, chief architect at Telenav.
It's sweet and simple: the camera captures the reflection of light on the user's eye, and image processing technology then calculates the user's viewing angle to allow for hands-free navigation on-screen.
Lumia smartphones will have some attractive features such as Nokia Drive, which is a full-fledged personal navigation service with free turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car user interface.
Waze, a startup based in Israel and Silicon Valley, offers a free app with navigation constantly being re-determined with the help of its own 40-million strong community of users.
Nokia Drive delivers a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car-user-interface.
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At this cost however, Nokia's free voice-based navigation alone could make it worth the spend.
While Telenav, for example, offers a free version of its navigation app, it doesn't include such audio.
This is one of the advantages of being the first to offer built-in hands-free calling on a navigation device.
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Starting today, Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation is free across the globe.
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We are excited to offer this service with innovative new features like Flyover and Siri integration, and free turn by turn navigation.
With a unique design, enhanced camera, world class maps with turn-by-turn navigation and free unlimited music streaming, the Nokia Lumia 822 provides Verizon Wireless customers with high-end smartphone features on America's largest 4G LTE network.
The United States has an interest in the freedom of navigation, the free flow of commerce, the peaceful resolution of disputes.
Conversations often turn to the breadth of Nokia's apps, such as its navigation system, which comes free with the phone.
Google struck the first blow in Oct. 2009 with the release of free, turn-by-turn navigation software for phones that use its mobile platform, Android.
It offers free turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation, something that wasn't available in the old app.
The Lumia 820 offers the same exclusive content as the Lumia 920, including Nokia Drive, a turn-by-turn voice navigation solution, Nokia Music, a free music streaming service and Nokia City Lens, an augmented reality application that uses the phone's camera viewfinder to provide information about points of interests in the surrounding area.
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Bluetooth GPS receivers turn handhelds into car navigation systems and factory-installed hands-free systems continue to slowly march their way into vehicles.
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When I rode in the Model S last fall the seamless integration of the climate control, radio, navigation and phone made for an intuitive, hassle-free driving experience.
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Free access to Ovi Maps, the world's most comprehensive walk and drive navigation, to Nokia smartphones was only the start.
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After acquiring Gate5 last year, Nokia decided that adding navigation capabilities was "a natural move, " and its forthcoming Smart2Go system will offer up free mapping and routing services and a fee-based turn-by-turn option if you've just got to have that robotic helper bossing you around (or can't take your eyes off the road).
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