Nokia have announced that their proprietary navigation and mapping product, Ovi Maps, will be made available free for the N97 mini. This includes voice navigation for both driving and walking.

Before this announcement, certain handsets were pre loaded with Ovi Maps, and came with a limited trial for the turn by turn voice navigation services.

Additional handsets that are now able to download Ovi Maps free are:

• Nokia X6
• E72
• E55
• E52
• Nokia 6730 classic
• Nokia 6710 Navigator
• Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic
• Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition
• Nokia 5230

Ovi Maps includes a selection of both male and female voices to choose from, available in a number of different languages which can be downloaded as required. Maps are available to download for free for over 70 countries.

Data download charges will apply for some of these download options.