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TONY206

TONY206

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Free Google sat-nav shakes market
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8331824.stm

Sat nav applications are also available for mobile phones

Shares in sat-nav device companies have fallen substantially after Google unveiled its free live sat-nav for mobiles on Wednesday.

US firm Garmin fell 18% after details of Google Maps Navigation were revealed. Dutch firm TomTom dropped 13% on when markets opened on Thursday.

The Google application promises free real-time, turn-by-turn directions for people to follow on their phones.

The Motorola Droid will be the first mobile phone equipped with the system.
Google Maps Navigation, revealed on Wednesday, combines services including a search engine to find addresses, Google Street View for photos of locations, and live traffic data.

Other mobile sat-nav applications, such as TomTom's, can cost up to £60 to add.

TomTom's share decline wipes out all of its gains since August. Separately the company warned of lower prices in the coming months.
 
Defy

Defy

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Google maps been doing that shit, the difference was it didn't speak.....it's not like they did something that was leaps & bounds over what they did before
 
Incar

Incar

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before they used to get the maps from tomtom's company telenav, but since google has been doing the street view, they have been mapping on their own.... now its all them.
 
marty50

marty50

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hobgoblin said:
there was a rumor that eclair wouldnt fit. but there was a post on droiddog.com that shows a girl who managed to fit the Eclair SDK onto the G1 and pretty much squelch the rumors.

vids here:

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i have no idear what u said, but it sounds like porno. what position was the girl in when she was doing something with the eclair?
 
Likwid

Likwid

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I fucked with the Motorola Droid today at work, I couldn't wait for the activation to go through to try the Google Nav. It is not like before where it was just a map with a dot of your gps location. It's turn by turn directions like Vz nav.
 
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