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Nokia Beta Labs have released an updated version of Ovi Maps for Mobile v3.06. This updated Beta brings with it some great enhancement and new features but the most significant addition is the new ‘Update’ feature. The Update option has been added to the main screen and lets you download street maps directly to your device without the need of a PC. Hit the jump for the full changelog and to test out this beta.

The Lady Geek App Show aims to break down the cliches of the gadget industry by putting smartphone apps to work in real women’s lives. Each show will showcase the latest and greatest apps for the leading smartphone brands and was devised following government research – which showed that more smartphones were bought by women than by men in the past six months, but twice as many women have still not downloaded a SINGLE app. The Lady Geek TV App show aims to end that. Check out the Ovi section from the first show after the break.

Nokia UK has published ten very useful tutorials for the Nokia N8 tagged as ‘Nuggets’. These videos demonstrate many features that are not widely known or promoted. Hit the jump to view all ten demos which could help you make the most of your Nokia N8. Enjoy!

During Nokia World 2010, Nokia Research Center demoed some of its future technologies currently in development. The most interesting was the Indoor Navigator, which allows users to navigate indoors by connecting devices to a transmitter within a building that can figure out the angle at which your device is linking from. This was possible thanks to a research concept called Nokia High Accuracy Indoor Positioning technology, the most accurate of its kind in the world. Hit the jump for the video demo.

Nokia has announced that there are currently more than 200,000 new users signing up to Ovi everyday, and that Ovi Store has reached the milestone of 2.3 million downloads per day as more than 90 percent of visits are converting into downloads. Available in more than 190 countries, Ovi is discovered through Maps, Music, Messaging, Store and in select countries, Life Tools. The number of active Nokia service users has now reached almost 140 million worldwide.