Google developing free navigation app?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Analytical @ Oct 27th 2009 4:42PM
Everyday, I run 65 miles oneway to work, it will be the big help.
Analytical
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sikkboy626 @ Oct 27th 2009 4:51PM
Google is evil, pure monopolistic evil....
BalkanBoy @ Oct 27th 2009 6:08PM
You do know you are talking out your ass, don't you?
TrueEddie @ Oct 27th 2009 4:57PM
Well that would suck for me, I just bought the Navigon app a couple of months ago.
DMAGIC448 @ Oct 27th 2009 6:01PM
That would explain the addition of speech synthesis in Android 1.6
tim @ Oct 27th 2009 7:04PM
Since you mention this being a big deal for Android -- all Sprint plans compatible with the Palm Pre already include unlimited use of Sprint's GPS nav application, which comes installed on the phone. I'm not sure it's revolutionized anything, though it does work quite well (if you have a car charger...).
Forrest @ Oct 28th 2009 1:11AM
I got a Sprint Hero two weeks ago, and it came with the Sprint navigation app also. Its not a Garmin, but for being included in the price of the plan and having traffic data it does a pretty good job. Turning on the GPS chip does drain the battery really fast so a car charger is a must if you plan on using it for more than just a few minutes.
A Google nav app might work fine in all the major cities, but Google's map data is very incomplete. I live in a city of roughly 65,000 people, so its not a one traffic light town, and my house and neighborhood are eight years old. Earlier this month when Google stopped using the Tele Atlas data and started using their own my house and whole neighborhood simply disappeared from Google Maps, and I'm far from the only person with this problem. Now if I want to look up directions I use Bing or Mapquest.
I guess my point is a Google nav app won't really be a threat to Garmin, Tom Tom, and all the others until they get their act together and have comparable map data instead of worrying about having enough Street View tricycles.
NuShrike @ Oct 28th 2009 1:45AM
Non-competitive unless it routed around traffic AND didn't require data connection (since AT&T's signal will lock that out in most places).
jac @ Oct 28th 2009 10:26AM
Google Maps on Android already does this, or at least most of it. I've used it several times. Simply ask for directions from "My location" to your destination and, when they show up in text form, click "show on map."
Works great.