Unfortunately, this would be quite handicapped on AT&T's sporadic 3g network. Traveling out of a major metro area, and you're on edge, and the app becomes useless. This is one area where Verizon just owns AT&T. They have SO MUCH MORE 3g coverage. Too bad, because this app looks awesome.
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Google Introduces Free GPS Navigation for Android 2.0
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Read previous posts, this wouldn't matter, the route is downloaded and cached at the beginning of the trip.
Google Maps Navigation
oh boy this is sweet. Google coming into the navigation market and the price is free.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html
Currently on the Android 2.0 update but Google is working on getting it on the iPhone. So glad i didnt spend money on navigation app. This should also reduce the prices of the navigation apps on the iPhone to something more reasonably.
oh boy this is sweet. Google coming into the navigation market and the price is free.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html
Currently on the Android 2.0 update but Google is working on getting it on the iPhone. So glad i didnt spend money on navigation app. This should also reduce the prices of the navigation apps on the iPhone to something more reasonably.
Originally Posted by iOrlando
i like it.. (when it comes to the iphone)
+1
I wouldn't hold my breath!
Seriously.
It will not come to the iPhone any time soon. Not from Google. Mark my words.
Google and Apple's ties are over.
It is competition now.
This is one heck of a competitive advantage for any Android phone.
So why would Google offer it for the iPhone?
Remember, this app is _free_ on Android. Google would not earn anything by porting to the iPhone (except the user data). Yet it would destroy the Android's advantage.
Forget it.
Not happening any time soon.
Apple must have known this, which is why they bought that other map company...
The two most impressive features:
- Talk to the device and say 'navigate to the King Tut exhibition in San Francisco'.
And the app a) figures out what you actually said, b) searches what 'King Tut' actually means c) searches for a Tutankhamun exhibition in San Francisco d) grabs its address and e) navigates you there.
I know of no GPS system in the world that can do that.
- Streetview while navigating.
Again, no other GPS system in the world does this as no other company has Streetview data.
These two features will not come to any GPS system in a long while.
It will remain an Android exclusive.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mp3-iPhone-3G...ries_MobilePhoneBatteries?hash=item4a9bba8cc1
OMG DISASTER AVERTED!
There must be thousands of generic cradles out there that will work with most devices. I used one with a similar design with my iPhone 3G AND my HTC Hero.
Rather than buying a custom cradle every time I'm sure mine will last me with many more different phones.
Well I know it's technically correct. In that sense my code (DNA) is based on that of a shrew from 220 million years ago with multiple changes and additions, but we still share a great majority of DNA. My point is that OSX is as much based on 60s unix code as my 'code' is based on a shrews'.
My iPhone is based on a Simon Says because they both use digital technology.
This little discussion has already gone way farther than I wanted it to.
If that works for you, good deal. I am a custom fit kind of guy, I tend to only use things specifically tailored for my devices. It looks, well, less ugly.
Yeah, kind of drooling over that myself. Only drawback is the requirement for an internet connection, but for me, this should be perfect for a 'most of the time' navigation app. Hope it doesn't take TOO long to get it for iPhone.
Yes I did miss this one.
Though it doesn't make sense.
Why would Apple then buy a map company for its data? If Google is so willing to share?
I'd bet the iPhone version will lack a few features...
But let's hope it won't!
F*ck me... It's a car cradle.
I like to watch the road whilst driving, not swooning over a car cradle.
yeah, well... if it works as well as the current google maps, apple has nothing to worry about.
maps gets things COMPLETELY wrong on my phone about 45% of the time.
so yeah, the idea is good... but i have zero confidence that something like this will work with any regularity.
all that looking things up on it's own? no way will that work consistently. or not any time in the near future, for sure.
This could simply replace Google Maps and then destroy all the other GPS apps out there. Shame, competition would only help these apps, but I don't see how other GPS apps like Navigon and Tom-Tom could survive for free. Maybe we'll just see big price cuts or maybe we won't see this on the iPhone at all.
I think its becoming very clear how serious Google's plans are to make a statement in this upcoming market. Eclair is a great step forward for Android and as they continue to develope programs and apps associated with their OS they will have success. Everyone uses something from Google on their smartphone.
I think its becoming very clear how serious Google's plans are to make a statement in this upcoming market. Eclair is a great step forward for Android and as they continue to develope programs and apps associated with their OS they will have success. Everyone uses something from Google on their smartphone.
Finally! I always thought that nothing is better than Google Maps, and that it would be stupid to not use it in a GPS! And now it's here, I just hope it will get on the iPhone soon, can't see why it would take a lot of time, the program is already finished!