Like Android apps, the IOS version of Here downloads and uses are free, and users can store maps of up to 118 countries offline, and they can still use them without mobile network data.
Here, Google Maps as a competitor, in the IOS system, naturally also with Apple-pre-installed Apple Maps applied a higher. In addition to some basic features, here is an offline turn navigation function for drivers, providing a public transport guide to pedestrians and providing real-time traffic data on the Internet.
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Launched in 2012, it was originally designed specifically as a feature of Nokia's Windows phone smartphone, but from the outset it was planned to bring the powerful here to the Android and IOS platforms.
In fact, as early as December 2012, the IOS version of the app, but in November 2013 from the full shelves of the app Store, Nokia official explained that--"ios7 's new changes will damage the user experience here.
The beta version is already on the Samsung Galaxy smartphone before it officially enters the Android market, such as Google play.
The beta App was upgraded in February 2015, with downloads reaching 3 million times, and 1 million downloads in the one months of the official release.
Landing on the IOS platform is expected to get an explosion of downloads here, but it may not be able to go beyond the 2-day 100,000 download record. (In December 2012, Apple announced no longer pre-installed Google Maps, followed by Google launched an independent Google Maps application, in two days to obtain 100,000 downloads, creating a record.) )
In April 2014, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Nokia's equipment and services business, and some of its business remained as an independent entity in Finland, here.
Although the App here is free to download and use, Nokia can still make money using its data licensing agreement, such as the satellite navigation system installed in the car.
This article source: Theguardian, by Tech2ipo originality @Suki compiles.