Android turn-by-turn GPS tanks GPS stocks

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited October 2009 in Science & Tech
Android turn-by-turn GPS tanks GPS stocks

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  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Nice. I'm for sure picking up a Hero or Moment in December, and I can't wait to get my hands on the mod community. The WinMo community has managed to make using my HTC Touch pretty bearable, even when considering WinMo's multiple failings, so I can only imagine what the Android community is doing with an already well-capable OS.
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    I can't wait to get my droid! This Google GPS looks awesome.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Not only is this putting the hurt on GPS makers, but Google is apparently not going to release it on the iPhone (at least not very soon) thanks to Apple being obstinate about allowing new Google Apps into the App Store.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/28/AR2009102804124.html
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Wait, you're going to use an opinion piece as fact? Come on, now, ardi.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Eh... my bad, I kinda skimmed the article while I was doing a half dozen other things. Taking a closer look at it, I see that is a bit more opiniony than I originally thought. Nevertheless, the fact remains that Google navigation is coming out for Android before the iPhone which is a bit of a first since so far Google has tended to release things either at the same time or on iPhone first.
  • chrisWhitechrisWhite Littleton, CO
    edited October 2009
    I don't know, I'm not sure Apple actually wants turn-by-turn via Google on the iPhone. They've long been restrictive of that, turn-by-turn was only allowed in the App Store with iPhone OS 3.0 released earlier this year and turn-by-turn apps can't use the Google Maps API.

    Considering that MobileNavigator North America ($89.99), CoPilot Live North America ($34.99), TomTom U.S. & Canada ($99.99), MotionX GPS Drive ( $2.99 + $24 yearly) are all currently in the top 50 grossing apps on the App Store having Google release it for free, or even cheap, would kill those apps and their profits (which Apple gets a cut from).

    Regardless, this is sexy, and I am jealous.
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