Intel to Acquire 15 Percent Ownership of Here

Re:Intel to Acquire 15 Percent Ownership of Here by freehunter on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:28AM (#13319607)

Back when I used a Windows Phone (Lumia 920), HERE was amazing. I actually bought the Nokia over the HTC specifically for that feature. I switched to a Nexus 4 later on and Google Maps still couldn't compare.

The best feature of HERE, that Google still doesn't have? Telling you where to turn like a human would. Instead of "turn right at 7 Mile Road" (street signs are often difficult to see, or sometimes non-existent), it would say "turn right at the McDonalds". McDonalds is very easy to see.

And like other have said, back then LTE service wasn't as robust as it is today. Having offline maps wherever I went was important. Bear in mind, I haven't used HERE since the Nexus 4 came out.

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Re:Intel to Acquire 15 Percent Ownership of Here by BorgHunter on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:41AM (#13319725)

> Bear in mind, I haven't used HERE since the Nexus 4 came out.

Why aren't you using it today?

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Re:Intel to Acquire 15 Percent Ownership of Here by freehunter on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @12:08PM (#13319981)

I didn't realize it was available on other platforms.

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