{"id":72110,"date":"2014-12-07T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T12:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=72110"},"modified":"2014-12-07T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T12:45:17","slug":"nokia-bring-offline-navigation-samsung-galaxy-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=72110","title":{"rendered":"Nokia to bring offline navigation to  samsung galaxy devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nokia may be abandoning Android on the hardware side, but the company isn&#8217;t giving up on Android entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Nokia is partnering with Samsung to bring its Here Maps app to Samsung Galaxy smartphones, the two companies announced in a blog post on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p>SEE ALSO: 25 Best Free Android Apps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The free app includes maps for 200 countries, with support for driving and walking route guidance for 100 of those. When used with a data connection, it also includes real time traffic and transit schedules for dozens of countries.<\/p>\n<p>But the app&#8217;s most impressive feature, and the one most likely to lure Google Maps users, is its robust offline capabilities. As with Here&#8217;s Windows Phone counterpart, users can download maps for entire countries, or specific regions, for offline use.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><a name=\"m!37f2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"microcontent-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"microcontent-shares\" data-description=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!37f2\" data-image=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE0LzA4LzI5LzkyL2RldmljZXMxLjAyZmFhLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/e1ad6a92\/9f3\/devices-1.jpg\" data-url=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"devices-1\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE0LzA4LzI5LzkyL2RldmljZXMxLjAyZmFhLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/e1ad6a92\/9f3\/devices-1.jpg\" alt=\"devices-1\" data-credit-link=\"\" data-credit-name=\"Nokia\" data-credit-label=\"\" data-credit-provider=\"Custom type\" data-caption=\"Nokia's Here app for Samsung Galaxy smartphones support offline maps and navigation.\" data-width=\"510\" data-fragment=\"m!37f2\" data-image=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE0LzA4LzI5LzkyL2RldmljZXMxLjAyZmFhLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/e1ad6a92\/9f3\/devices-1.jpg\" data-micro=\"1\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">Nokia&#8217;s Here app for Samsung Galaxy smartphones support offline maps and navigation.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">\n<p>IMAGE: NOKIA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The app&#8217;s launch will coincide with Samsung&#8217;s recently announced Galaxy Gear S smartwatch, which will also sync with Here Maps.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies&#8217; partnership is another sign of Samsung&#8217;s increasing reluctance to rely solely on Google services. Tensions between the two have risen in recent months. Google executives are reportedly unhappy with Samsung&#8217;s decision to focus its wearable efforts on its own Tizen platform rather than Google&#8217;s Android Wear.<\/p>\n<p>Though Samsung does have an Android Wear-based smartwatch, the Gear Live, its other wearables, including the upcoming Galaxy Gear S, run Samsung&#8217;s Linux-based operating system, Tizen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nokia may be abandoning Android on the hardware side, but the company isn&#8217;t giving up on Android entirely. Nokia is partnering with Samsung to bring its Here Maps app to Samsung Galaxy smartphones, the two companies announced in a blog post on Friday. SEE ALSO: 25 Best Free Android Apps The free app includes maps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":72111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-72110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}