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Nokia Drive 3.0 released for Lumia devices, adds My Commute feature

Jul 20, 2012 9:10 pm by damaster | 2 comments

Back in May this year, details about Nokia’s upcoming turn-by-turn navigation software, Nokia Drive 3.0, was leaked to the internet. Nokia then demoed the software during the Windows Phone Summit, at the same time announcing that Nokia Drive will be built-in to Windows Phone 8 OS, to be made available for all WP8 devices. Today, on the official Nokia Conversations blog, Nokia announced that Nokia Drive 3.0 is now available for current Nokia Lumia devices (running WP7.5) from the Windows Phone Marketplace. Below is a video explaining what’s new in this release:

Below is a summary of what’s new in this release:

My Commute – Get commute assistance prior to and during your commutes, based on your driving habits, preferences, and real-time traffic conditions (available on selected markets only)
Favorites – You can now pin your favourite routes and destinations to your Start screen
Automatic Day/Night map – The map will automatically switch between day and night mode depending on the time of day

Note that the My Communite feature is currently available in the United States only. According to Nokia, the “revolutionary feature” requires the software to collect data and experiences from users first in order to learn from and thus improving the service, as such it will be rolled out selectively based on the available traffic data initially. Check out more screenshots below:

If you have a Nokia Lumia device, you can get Nokia Drive 3.0 now by going to the Windows Phone Marketplace.

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theNewDanger
I just can’t get into the Windows Phones until the throughput issues are resolved. I tried a Lumia recently on AT&T in my area. I had a friend of mine try a speedtest on an Android and an iPhone on AT&T while I did one on the Windows Phone. The Android and iPhone both delivered similar results in the 4-5 Mbps range. After 10 tests, the Windows Phone came back with an average of 988 kbps with a peak of 1.12 Mbps. I called around and knew of a few geeks like me but who actually work at the stores to test their devices on their carrier and then test a Windows Phone the same way. The same phenomenon occurred. There is something wrong with the way that Windows Phone devices transmit data. This is already clear when you see that apps that use data are slow as hell, especially Facebook and Twitter. At first I thought it was those apps, but then I tried others and couldn’t even get video to load from YouTube apps or Netflix. The SAME thing happened when testing over WiFi. On a 25+ Mbps cable connection, I get 15-20 Mbps on my non-Windows Phone devices, but the Windows Phone only transmitted at a max of 2.67 Mbps. That’s not even what iPhones and Android phones get over HSPA+ in my area. Windows Phone is a letdown at this point, especially because it was supposed to be liberating from only one device like Apple but more cohesive than Android. At this point, I’d rather have both of the greater evils than this slug. The feeling is webOS all over again. As much as I LOVED webOS, it was too slow with everything that needed to be done. Seriously, the only area Windows Phone smokes the competition is in the most basic of tasks, but not in any of the most important aspects of the user experience.