I don't know about you all, but when I'm using the Sprint Navigation in my car, I have it plugged in so that it stays charged. I would hope that anyone using such an app would have the common sense to do the same.
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I don't know about you all, but when I'm using the Sprint Navigation in my car, I have it plugged in so that it stays charged. I would hope that anyone using such an app would have the common sense to do the same.
Have you seen some of these phones? There is no cradle to hold them on your window yet alone hold it and charge it, and holding a GPS in your hand while driving is bad.
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Apple cannot compete, how low cost can google produce these systems with everything already built out by google maps. If google starts producing low cost portables now as well, based on some pretty unix developed OS, a lot will change in the market.
Google doesn't want to change your life (or make it easy), it wants to BE your life, in every electronic way, on any platform, at a decent low cost. (and i'm not that happy with that, look at privacy on picasa. But a lot of people dont know, or dont care.)
What would Apple do if google would decide not to lend the app after a while? Go free? I don't think so. Apple is branding on price and status, and in times of economic crisis that is def not the largest part of the market.
Apple cannot compete, how low cost can google produce these systems with everything already built out by google maps. If google starts producing low cost portables now as well, based on some pretty unix developed OS, a lot will change in the market.
Google doesn't want to change your life (or make it easy), it wants to BE your life, in every electronic way, on any platform, at a decent low cost. (and i'm not that happy with that, look at privacy on picasa. But a lot of people dont know, or dont care.)
What would Apple do if google would decide not to lend the app after a while? Go free? I don't think so. Apple is branding on price and status, and in times of economic crisis that is def not the largest part of the market.
the most hurried commercial entities begin their holiday season next weekend so i kind of doubt that...
they might well make available the most advanced version on their android platform first, and the provide the other platform versions half a year later. and half a year after that they release new version of android with more advanced maps/navigation app.
The Verizon Droid is the first 2.0 device, 2.0 will ship with this navigation capability. You really think they won't sell a car dock/charger??
Just because there hasn't been one so far (when there was no point previously anyway) doesn't mean there won't be one now.
It's Beta Alright
It's beta alright. Try the link at the end of the commercial:
The page - www.google.com/navigation - does not exist.
It's beta alright. Try the link at the end of the commercial:
The page - www.google.com/navigation - does not exist.
The Verizon Droid is the first 2.0 device, 2.0 will ship with this navigation capability. You really think they won't sell a car dock/charger??
Just because there hasn't been one so far (when there was no point previously anyway) doesn't mean there won't be one now.
not my point. My current Android phone does real time directions to an extent, its not turn by turn but it is just like using the iPhone Maps app for navigation, and there are plenty of 3rd party iPhone window cradles. Its easy for 3rd party vendors to make iPhone cradles, they are nearly all identical in shape. There are a slew of differently shaped Android devices. See where I am coming from now?
Now enter it without the trailing slash like in the commercial. I thought I understood HTML, but I'm unsure how it doesn't work without the slash.
Most gps applications using the internet, download the entire route at the start.
Looks Awesome!!! Finally I don't have to rely on the 10-year-out-of-date Navteq maps that most other nav apps use.
So someone makes an adjustable one. Most devices are close enough in size that this wouldn't be at all difficult.
Yes, the base technologies of Snow Leopard are from the 1960s.
Well, OS X is a direct descendant of NextSTEP which in turn comes from Mach and BSD. BSD itself comes from the 70s, and overall Unix comes from the 60s so.... yeah.
It's their cock-up, not yours. They've just done something wrong in creating their redirect, meaning it requires the / at the end.
That's a good thing . . But all I will say is ahem . . (whispers) Verizon . . Sprint . . Lol uh oh, here come the stones, duuuck!