Maybe as a result of the recent Google Latitude and Google Maps for Mobile 3.0, or maybe it was always due to be released this week, but Nokia has released an updated Maps 3.0 Beta client.  The main new features are:

• Start-up sequence takes you to your current position as soon as position is found. If your position is not found in few seconds, you are taken to last known position
• You can rotate the map, so you can for example view 3D landmarks from all directions. Just press 4 and 6 in map view. Pressing 5 takes you back to ‘north up’ view
• In 3D view mode, you can tilt the view by pressing 2 and 8
• 2D/3D mode works with all map modes, i.e. with Map/Satellite/Terrain
• My Favourites menu is cleaned up and History list is moved higher in menu
• My Places has option “Point me to” for any saved place/landmark, you the direction to that place on the map
• In addition to the synchronisation of Favourites and Collections with Ovi Maps^Beta and vice versa (use in online mode, enable Internet connection), you can now plan routings on Ovi Maps^Beta and synchronise to your device
• Finally, many bugs have now been fixed

Probably critical though, are the fact that many more phones are supported, as this version adds support for S60 3rd Edition FP1 devices (Nokia E71, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N82 etc.) as well as adding support for the Nokia N96 in their FP2 supported device list (it was not supported with the last beta).

The beta can be downloaded from here.

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