A new beta version of Nokia’s Map Loader was released today by the Beta Labs team introducing a few new features that will sure make it easier and more accessible to download maps as well as purchase navigation and city guides. Instead of performing these on the phone, you can now browse through the options from your computer using Map Loader 2.0, then buy them using your credit card information (no Paypal, unfortunately).
In order to install this new beta version, you will have to uninstall any older Map Loader versions, make sure you have the latest PC Suite on, as well as the Net Compact Framework 3.0, then hit this page and download it. A couple of bugs have already been reported to the Beta Labs team, so if you download the application, make sure you drop them a line telling them what you like, what you’d like improved and what are the problems that you’ve had so far so they can improve upon it.
This new application is probably one step closer to the whole Maps experience on Ovi, which is encouraging. But personally I am passing on this one, as there are a lot of “must haves”, in order to get one function that I don’t ever use and that the average person might need like once every month (more or less depending on your usage of Maps) .
