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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 4 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
1. kristianc ◴[11 Oct 25 23:36 UTC] No.45553727[source]▶
Nokia Maps. There was a brief period in the early 2010s where Nokia had the best mapping product on the planet, and it was given away for free on Lumia phones at a time when TomTom and Garmin were still charging $60+ for navigation apps.
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2. walterbell ◴[11 Oct 25 23:38 UTC] No.45553744[source]▶
Still around as "Here Maps"
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3. ahartmetz ◴[11 Oct 25 23:52 UTC] No.45553832[source]▶
Started to suck pretty badly not long after getting acquired by German car companies. It used to be good.
4. padolsey ◴[13 Oct 25 02:48 UTC] No.45564250[source]▶
I worked on Maps when the re-brand to Ovi was happening. I remember piles of nokia models for us to test it on. Supporting that diversity of devices was kind of a tall order and pretty unprecedented. It was a different era.