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Re:Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper by nivla on Thursday July 11, 2013 @02:29PM (#6028085)
I can vouch for this, Nokia Maps is just amazing. The ability to download maps offline is extremely convenient, not just when you are out of the country and don't have a data connection, but also when you are running low on battery.

However, I am still surprised how we got here, we went from having offline maps on all GPS devices in the beginning of last decade to online only maps by the end of it! Now we have to tout the ability of having offline maps as a feature?

Re:Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper by sirkneeland on Friday July 12, 2013 @12:20AM (#6030899)
Well yeah, google wanted it in the cloud. How are they going to track and thus monetize you if you're not phoning home for the map?