Nokia ships N97 with Car Navigation Kit

Nokia is serious with its push to be make Ovi Maps and their GPS-enabled handsets to be the center-piece of our private cars. This is why they will start shipping selected units of their mobile phones with a free car charger and holder.

That’s on top of Ovi Maps pre-installed on every new handset they roll out the door.

In a short presentation by Nokia reps this afternoon, the handset manufacturer revealed that new units of their Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini will all come with a car kit (charger and cradle — about Php1,500USD 26INR 2,167EUR 24CNY 186 in value).

Other units like the Nokia X6, Nokia E72, Nokia E52, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5230 will also come with a holder you can hook up inside your car. Their prices will all remain the same.

You should be able to get these additional accessories when you buy a new unit starting next week (just look for a newer and bigger packaging). The Nokia N97 is now selling at Php24,200USD 412INR 34,959EUR 393CNY 3,003, the N97 Mini at Php21USD 0.36INR 30EUR 0.34CNY 3,00, the Nokia X6 at Php18,000USD 307INR 26,003EUR 292CNY 2,234, the 5800XM at Php12,850USD 219INR 18,563EUR 209CNY 1,595 and the Nokia 5230 at Php7,900USD 135INR 11,412EUR 128CNY 980.

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Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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14 Comments

JCC says:

15 years ago

Not really familiar with how Ovi Maps works. Is it free to use or do we have to pay for any telco charges? Thanks!
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xtian1986 says:

15 years ago

as with Google maps i think you need to be connected to mobile internet.
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junp says:

15 years ago

Ovi maps is free, just download the phil. map on your mobile phone or via pc.

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ocean16 says:

15 years ago

E72 white with Car Kit available already
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bentong says:

15 years ago

Its free and can be used offline, no need to connect to mobile internet. Just download the map of the country. Been using it in dubai and oman.
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Ardz says:

15 years ago

@ocean16
Where is it available and what’s the price?

@yuga
What’s the suggested retail price of the E72?
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ocean16 says:

15 years ago

@Ardz
it’s out in stores already, but only for the color white. other colors like the brown, grey & black has no bundled package.

not sure yet i’f they’ll come up with a new set of package for those other shades.
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Coby says:

15 years ago

sir, how about for the other variants? i asked yesterday at Nokia Robinsons Galleria branch regarding nokia 5800 with car kit, and I think they dont know what im talking about.
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ocean16 says:

15 years ago

currently, only the following comes with a package for the Car Kit: N97 regular, N97 mini & E72 white.

the 5800 does have a version for the kit, as reference to other sites. but it’s not out yet here in the philippines.
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Ardz says:

15 years ago

I called the Nokia store at ATC and they said that only the N97 mini is available priced at P22,990. That’s a P2,000 markup from the price here! Could anybody tell me where I could find these phones at these prices?
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Sushi says:

14 years ago

@Ardz its now only P18,500.
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silvia says:

14 years ago

can i have a crackd code for the ovi map licences for australia and new zealand
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silvia says:

14 years ago

for nokia n97
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