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- Google Maps Navigation takes a turn
- Don't try this on game day, but the new Google Maps Navigation application will show you how to take a spin past Boston's Fenway Park.(Credit: Google)You can almost hear the portable navigation industry swearing already.Google will announce plans Wednesday to release a new Android application called Google Maps Navigation. When...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google Maps Navigation Free GPS Comes to Android 1.6 Smartphones
- Google Nov. 23 made its Google Maps Navigation feature for Google Maps available for smartphones running the Android 1.6 operating system build and higher. This means users of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and inaugural but clunky G1 can enjoy turn-by-turn voice directions. This release includes Google's new Layers feature, which...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Google drives into new market with Maps Navigation beta for Android
- Computerworld - If you're an Android user, Google is hoping to help you get where you're going. The company today unveiled the beta version of Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 devices. Basically, Google is trying its hand at a GPS system -- and another lucrative business market. "This new...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google Maps Navigation Launch Aftermath: Yes, This Will Be Huge
- Yesterday, we wrote about a new, free product from Google: Google Maps Navigation . Another free Google perpetual beta product, one might say; nothing to get overly excited about. Well, the first reviews and reactions are in, and it seems that this is one of...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Google Maps Navigation Analysis
- As Om Malik points out , turn-by-turn GPS navigation with voice guidance has come to Google Maps and carriers can't be happy about it. Who is even less happy? TomTom and Garmin. According to Google, less than 1% of navigation devices are connected to the cloud...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google Maps Navigation for Android 1.6 released
- Less than one month after Google launched free Maps Navigation for Android 2.0, now the service is available for Android 1.6 Donut as well (which runs on phones like T-Mobile's G1 and MyTouch 3G). In fact, Google says that Maps Navigation is being released "for Android 1.6 and higher" –...
- News items 2009-11-23
- Google Maps Navigation Hits the G1, MyTouch, All Other 1.6 Handsets [Android]
- Google Maps Navigation, even if it's not perfect, was one of the juiciest features of Android 2.0. Today, Google's finally set it free: It's now available for any handset with Android 1.6 Donut, including the G1 and MyTouch 3G. The download is live in the App Market—just download the newest...
- News items 2009-11-23
- Is Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 the Long Awaited Android Killer App?
- YouTube video courtesy of Google If there was any doubt that Google is taking direct aim at the iPhone, wonder no more... Announcing Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 ...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google Redefines GPS Navigation Landscape: Google Maps Navigation For Android 2.0
- If you weren't sure about switching to an Android phone in the near future, this might put you over the edge. Google Maps Navigation is an absolutely killer app. And it is only available for Android 2.0 phones. Today is Droid day , and for the most...
- News items 2009-10-28
- With Maps Navigation, Google Puts Dedicated GPS Makers on a Road to Nowhere [Digital Daily]
- Google is moving into your market. For tech companies, few words are more frightening, and yesterday we saw why. The mere announcement of Google Maps Navigation sent shares of established GPS device makers like Garmin GRMN and TomTom into an ugly downward spiral. Shares of Garmin lost 16 percent of...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Android 1.6 officially receives Google Maps Navigation
- Own a Google Android phone and feel a little miffed that the Motorola Droid got all the good stuff? Google announced on Monday that its Google Maps Navigation software, which offers turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your car and your palm, will be available for Android 1.6 Donut, the operating system...
- News items 2009-11-23
- New Google Navigation App Takes on GPSes
- Google Maps Navigation is a free app that will essentially turn Android 2.0 phones into a GPS navigation device. Information is gathered from the Internet ? specifically Google Maps ? rather than satellite data used by most GPS devices. Web-enabled GPS means having the most up-to-date information, Google said. "When...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google drives into navigation market
- SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is adding Garmin Ltd and TomTom to its growing list of rivals as the Internet search giant weaves technology for driving directions into new versions of its smartphone software. Google said its new Google Maps Navigation product will provide real-time, turn-by-turn directions directly within...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google adds free turn-by-turn navigation, car dock UI to Android 2.0 (video)
- Those nat service providers' fears were actually quite justified. Google today unveiled Maps Navigation (beta, of course), an extremely upgraded version of its current Maps software that'll be free and, from what we understand, available by default on all Android 2.0 devices. All the usual Maps features are...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google's free navigation app could drive out premium services
- Google's rumored free turn-by-turn navigation app is a reality--the web services giant confirmed the launch of Google Maps Navigation Beta for its new Android 2.0 operating system, issued in conjunction with Motorola's forthcoming Droid smartphone. According to Google, the mobile app boasts all the familiar bells and...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Google Redefines GPS Navigation Landscape
- Michael Arrington submits: If you weren’t sure about switching to an Android phone in the near future, this might put you over the edge. Google Maps Navigation is an absolutely killer app. And it is only available for Android 2.0 phones. Today is Droid day, and for...
- External links 2009-10-28
- Google Should Make Apple Beg for Maps Navigation
- Erick Schonfeld submits: When Google GOOG announced what is clearly the best car navigation application on any mobile Wednesday, it didn’t just take a swipe at GPS navigation companies such as Garmin GRMN and TomTom (TMOAF.PK). It took a swipe at Apple AAPL. by Erick Schonfeld
- External links 2009-10-29
- User-Generated Content Will Be a Key Component of Maps, Navigation, and Location-Based Services, Says ABI Research
- LONDON -- As users become familiar with the concepts of location-based services and navigation, the industry continually explores how best to offer additional location-relevant content. While professionally produced content such as map updates, Points of Interest POIs, and safety camera locations continue to be the core of many location aware...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Google's GPS Sneak Attack
- To be clear, the free app only works with Android 2.0, and for the time being, there is only one Android 2.0 phone: Verizon's Droid. It's a nice phone, by the way. Mobile Managing Editor Sascha Segan gave me a few minutes with it, and I was impressed with the...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Motorola Droid Hits Verizon on November 6th for $200 [Motorola]
- It'd have been difficult to leak Motorola's new Android piece any harder—we've already seen the hardware, the software, and even a review—but now we know for sure sure: It's coming to Verizon on the 6th, for $200. First off, Verizon's just confirmed that Droid is a family of phones, and...
- News items 2009-10-28
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