Putting pressure on the more traditional navigation devices, the free Nokia Ovi Maps navigation application has now been downloaded 1.4 million times since Nokia made the app available on the 21st of January reports an article over on mobile-ent.
Anssi Vanjoki, EVP of Nokia has said that when Nokia announced their free walk and drive navigation they knew it would be a game changer and the number of people using their Nokia handset for navigation is growing faster the predicted.
Apparently Nokia Ovi Maps surpassed the 1 million milestone just a week after the new version was launched and Vanjoki has stated that this is good news for operators and developers alike.
Nokia has said that the most popular country in terms of download of Nokia Ovi Maps is China followed by Italy then the UK, Germany and Spain with the most popular mobile handset being the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.