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Google Confirms Free Turn-by-Turn Directions Coming to iPhone

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That is good of them. I bet there will be some negative spin by users here but its good to see Google look after more than themselves.
 
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dukebound85 said:
ChazUK said:
.... but its good to see Google look after more than themselves.
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What makes you think this?
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Well they don't lock others out from using their services unlike some others (Google Voice for instance).

It will be interesting to see if this is a seperate app. From what I know the maps app on the iPhone is done by Apple.
 
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It will be interesting to see if this is a seperate app. From what I know the maps app on the iPhone is done by Apple.
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This doesn't answer your question, but I think the recent introduction of this feature in the UK on android was an update for the Google Maps app.

I would have thought Apple would update their Maps app - having free turn-by-turn would be a great selling feature for those who haven't already moved to the iPhone. Good luck TomTom

(on a side note, why isn't this topic appearing in the 'Recent Comments' on the right hand side of the homepage. Did I start this thread in the wrong place? I'm new to this)
 
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samdale said:
ChazUK said:
It will be interesting to see if this is a seperate app. From what I know the maps app on the iPhone is done by Apple.
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This doesn't answer your question, but I think the recent introduction of this feature in the UK on android was an update for the Google Maps app.

I would have thought Apple would update their Maps app - having free turn-by-turn would be a great selling feature for those who haven't already moved to the iPhone. Good luck TomTom

(on a side note, why isn't this topic appearing in the 'Recent Comments' on the right hand side of the homepage. Did I start this thread in the wrong place? I'm new to this)
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The navigation worked for me without having to update the maps app at all.: )
I believe that the navigation is built in to all of the Android versions with the navigation part done Google's side.
 
iPhone users are likely to get this before MOST of the Android users because majority of them are stuck with the old version of Android which can't run this application. Generally, the OEM are very slow at best to give them firmware upgrade after they're purchased. This application requires 2.1 I believe.
 
it requires android 1.6 and you only needed to update the maps app if you already had an old version, yes you are right that the specific routing is done on the sever side, the maps app still needs the specific functionality being built in, therefore for it to be applied to the iphones built in maps app (which is how I would like to see it) there will have to be an update to actually provide the 'voice navigation' button that you can press
 
This is google's way of keeping their foot in the iPhone door. Either way...it satisfies the customers!
 
eaglesteve said:
iPhone users are likely to get this before MOST of the Android users because majority of them are stuck with the old version of Android which can't run this application. Generally, the OEM are very slow at best to give them firmware upgrade after they're purchased. This application requires 2.1 I believe.
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Please get your facts straight. It will run on 1.6 and up, and there are much fewer Android 1.5 devices compared to those running 1.6 and 2.1.

dukebound85 said:
What makes you think this?
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It will be the end of earth before Apple ports iTunes to other platforms. Google Navigation is a strong selling point on Android yet they don't try to keep it for Android users only.
 
ChazUK said:
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Well they don't lock others out from using their services unlike some others (Google Voice for instance).

It will be interesting to see if this is a seperate app. From what I know the maps app on the iPhone is done by Apple.
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The GOOGLE MAPS APP IS DONE BY APPLE? Why not call it Apple maps then? Google maps is a Google product...didn't Apple buy another company for their mapping service? why would they do that if they already have a map Application?
 
SAD*FACED*CLOWN said:
The GOOGLE MAPS APP IS DONE BY APPLE? Why not call it Apple maps then? Google maps is a Google product...didn't Apple buy another company for their mapping service? why would they do that if they already have a map Application?
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It's called maps, not Google Maps.
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If it was developed by Google, don't you think they would have added Google Latitude to the maps app instead of developing a separate app that ultimately got rejected?
 
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