Turn by turn Navigation free in Android 2.0

[Tom]

http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default

Nice.

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[sneeks]

Apparently also coming to the iPhone

 

[sneeks]

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[sneeks]

The one downside to all of this is you need a good reliable mobile internet connection and that's a challenge when driving around in the UK. 3G access is patchy at best.

 

[Tom]

it sideloads the map data first.

 

[sneeks]

Is that confirmed?

 

[Tom]

Yup.

trips and their respective visual feeds will be cached just in case you hit dead spots along the way

 

[sneeks]

That's not so bad then so long as you have a good data signal when you are planning the journey and do not need to re-route while driving.

 

[Tom]

Thats highly unlikely(Losing data for the entire journey). Android is impressing me tbh.

Apple need to do more.

 

[Tom]

This just wiped 35% off TomTom's share price

http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp...;NASDAQ:GOOG&cmptdms=1;0&q=NASDAQ:GRMN&ntsp=0

Not doing much for garmin either!

 

[sneeks]

To be honest I'm tempted by the Motorola Droid handset or possible Android 2.0 solutions by HTC. I can see me possibly defecting from the iPhone camp if they don't produce a worthy replacement next June/July. My contract with o2 expires in January though so it all depends if I can wait till Apple's announcement.

 

[Tom]

Its an OS for techies tbh, i love it.

 

[sneeks]

Yeah that's why it is appealing to me and out of the box it's not locked down like the iPhone.

 

[sn00p]

I wonder how complete googles own mapping data is now? They also allow "community edits" to add to their mapping data, http://www.google.com/mapmaker

Although it's a pity that they haven't just contributed their data to openstreetmap.

 

[NB 02 HOT]

Looks great. Hopefully it can be set to download a couple of alternative routes just in case.

Good news for those already with Hero's (aslong as customer service reps have the correct info):

The Hero will not be receiving the Android 1.6 upgrade, it will however get the 2.0 one. Do note however that we do not have a confirmed release date for this upgrade, all I can recommend at the moment is that you keep yourself updated by visiting our website regularly as the latest information will be available to view from there.

 

[sneeks]

The Engadget Motorola Droid hands-on videos are good. I'm very tempted by this OS.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/motorola-droid-first-hands-on/

 

[theduck]

Android 1.6 is rubbish anyway tbh. Killed Co-pilot

Anyone know if the magic will get 2.0???

 

[john.med]

I knew google would do this one day, thought it was years off tho. Really logical and impressive IMO

 

[Brand86]

Even my iPhone owning friend was really impressed by the Hero down the pub last night.

He was also very bitter when I told him how much I am paying (£23 a month all in) compared to his £50 a month...

 

[Tom]

The rumors are true! Hero will be getting an Eclair update. We ask for your patience as we update Sense for the fancy new Android OS..

Lucky Hero owners

 

[sneeks]

I read that HTC are also releasing a new Android handset called the Eris. I may have a interesting decision to make by mid-January.

 

[dajones]

wooohoo is eclair 2.0 then?

 

[Tom]

Yup

 

[dajones]

do we have any dates tom ?

 

[Darren85]

This is impressive, I should assume the magic will be getting the Eclair update aswell as the Hero, not sure on the dates mind.. Soon I hope!

 

[clio_mad]

Can't wait!!! That nav system looks sweet

 

[sneeks]

The Droid will be named the Milestone in Europe and the specs released by Motorola list added functionality over the US Droid.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/02/moto_milestone_near/

 

[Cookie]

Want 2.0!

 

[Scrooge]

Will 2.0 be on the g1 I only have 1.6

 

[dajones]

any news on 2.0 for the hero? like dates etc

 

[drsmith]

the motorola was released here in the USA on the 6th on Verizon and is running 2.0, looks awesome too!!

 

[NB 02 HOT]

Google Maps Navigation now available for Android 1.6 too

Good news for people running G1's. Maybe this will result in HTC slowing down 2.0 for Hero and pushing out 1.6 instead.

Also over at XDA Developers they've modified the 2.0 release to run outside the UK (even on unrooted devices).

 

[David]

htc have announced they wil provide an update for the hero with updated sense ui for vresion 2.0

 

[BioHzrd]

glad i got a Hero now

 

[dajones]

apparently the hero is jumping to 2.1
http://www.androidspin.com/index.ph...n-the-hands-of-develoeprs&catid=3:latest-news

i need to find the rom to try it out

 

[BioHzrd]

Im still sitting on Firmware 1.5 !

 

[Ste Hughes]

its been hacked to work on 1.6

 

[dajones]

Im still sitting on Firmware 1.5 !

everyone with a hero including me :dapprove:

 

[theduck]

1.6 is nice, but hoping 2.0 comes to Magic soon