Nokia has announced that it has agreed to sell its HERE digital mapping and location services business to an automotive industry consortium for EUR 2.8 billion. According to Nokia, HERE is developing a location cloud that harnesses the power of data generated by vehicles, devices and infrastructure to deliver real-time, predictive and personalized location services. This technology is valuable to the automotive industry where precise and accurate mapping is required. Like the proposed acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent for EUR 15.6 billion, the sale of HERE to the consortium is part of Nokia's transformation as a renewed company with a world-leading network technology and services business. At first, I thought the N78 would be just a slight improvement over its N77 predecessor (see my review of the Nokia N77 here) but turns out these two have very little things alike and the former isn't a digital TV phone. The Nokia N78 features a prominent directional pad at the center called the Navi-Wheel which was initially introduced in the N81 (see my review of the Nokia N81 here). Before you continue reading this, please read my review of the Nokia E71 first so you’d get a better perspective of where I am coming from and so I don’t have to repeat the sections where the Nokia E63 is similar to the E71. Read more in our articles including "Nokia sells HERE to automotive companies for EUR 2.8 billion" and "Nokia E51 Review".
Nokia has announced that it has agreed to sell its HERE digital mapping and location services business to an automotive industry consortium for EUR 2.8 billion. According to Nokia, HERE is developing a location cloud that harnesses the power of data generated by vehicles, devices and infrastructure to deliver real-time, predictive and personalized location services.
This technology is valuable to the automotive industry where precise and accurate mapping is required. Like the proposed acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent for EUR 15.6 billion, the sale of HERE to the consortium is part of Nokia's transformation as a renewed company with a world-leading network technology and services business. At first, I thought the N78 would be just a slight improvement over its N77 predecessor (see my review of the Nokia N77 here) but turns out these two have very little things alike and the former isn't a digital TV phone.
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