Nokia Beta Labs continues their innovation. Besides many new astonishing app from labs, its good to see their continued support for maps which by the way is one of the best and smoothest app I have ever used. It got even better with the integration of Foursquare check in. That’s right, now the same app that gets you around town lets you check in to Foursquare (and Qype too). Check in was already there in the 3.06 beta for Facebook, Twitter and a bunch of other networks, but Foursquare was missing. Not anymore. Nokia pushed a fresh 3.06 build to Beta Labs yesterday, so just open the place, hit check in and share it on Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare in one go.
There is one more nice addition. If the place you are at is not in Ovi Maps at all, you can now add it yourself as a public place and once its reviewed, everyone else will find it on their maps too.
The beta is for Symbian^3 phones like the N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 and also S60 5th edition phones like the N97, N97 mini, X6, C6-00, 5800 XM, 5235 and 5230. Its only at Beta Labs for now, you need an Ovi account to download, and it should hit the Ovi Store soon. Go grab it and let us know how it works for you!!
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