Techcrunch rings the bell:
"Nokia says the new version of Ovi Maps that includes free walk and drive navigation has been downloaded over 1.4 million times since its introduction on 21 January 2010."
Bad news? Good news?
You get what you pay for.
Let's have a closer look into the maps, comparing samples for OVI with our Walk & Ride Hamburg. Upper row is mapdata from OVI, top row below is Walk & Ride Hamburg, both scaled to the same W/H dimensions.
You see Hamburg city center, around Hauptbahnhof (main station). You'd expect a pretty complete map there - no outskirts, no obscure small village, downtown Hamburg.
Here's what you get for free at OVI/Nokia/Navteq vs paid at Walk & Ride.
BTW: we also rely on Navteq streetmaps - just adding some secret sauce to make the map what it should be on mobile devices: useful and relevant for pedestrians.
The numbers are impressive and so is the good news: people love maps.

More to come.