Android Gingerbread style tweaks revealed by way of new Maps version?
Seems that reaching into the innards of the latest version of Google Maps for Android and changing the API level from 8 ( Froyo ) to 9 ( Gingerbread ) changes the UI a bit, as you can see above. What we know today is on the left, and the right side represents the tweaks that we presume will match up with the changes Google has made systemwide in Gingerbread, a build that we now believe will likely be Android 2.3 at retail.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: api, changelog, dialog, duarte, froyo, google-maps, googlemaps, increment, Job, number-instead, tweaks
Google Walking Navigation beta and Street View now available for Android
Man, we're starting to think Google should just host an I/O event every month. As the search giant continues to roll out new innovations , today's introduction involves none other than Android . Starting today, folks with Android phones using version 1.6 or greater have a pair of must-downloads to tackle: Walking Navigation (Beta) and Street View smart navigation.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: giant, google-maps, googleandroid, Innovations, maps, past-the-break, walking, walkingnavigation
Google Maps for Android updated to 4.4, adds dedicated ‘Places’ for searching nearby
Ready to suck down your sixth Google Maps for Android update in the past six months? Good.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: compass, google-maps, googlemaps, maps, months, operating, place-pages, station, update
Google Maps on Android updated, adds full public transit schedules
You always knew that Google Maps had 'em -- schedule a trip on public transit and the app would tell you exactly when the next few trains or buses would arrive (or, at least, were supposed to arrive). But, getting to the full schedules yourself was never possible
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: businesses, engadget, entry, expensive-taxi, google-android, google-maps, googlelatitude, Latitude, maps, restaurants, taxi, train
Google Maps for Android adds transit departure times, Latitude friend suggestions
One of Google's favorite pastimes is shoehorning bits of new functionality into Google Maps for Android, probably because... well, because it can -- updating a package on its own mobile platform is a heck of a lot easier than, say, getting Apple to add a feature to its Maps app. To that end, version 4.3 has just rolled out with three major additions: aggregated (and color-coded) business reviews broken down by topic, transit system departure times, and suggested friends for Latitude.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: additions, departure, google-maps, mobile-platform, pastimes, platform, spotlight, timely-addition
Sprint’s Hero finally gets official Android 2.1 upgrade
Assuming you resisted the temptation to either root your Hero or update it with the recently leaked 2.1 firmware, this is your very first chance to finally slap on a dash of Android future on your senescent device. Sprint has at long last made the update available, though it isn't quite yet ready to download from its site. Fear not, the good folks behind the yellow network have put together a guide on upgrading through your phone and we'll link up the download as soon as it's ready for consumption.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: consumption, download, firmware-update, google-maps, htcsense, magic, recently-leaked, temptation, update, yellow
Google Maps for Android adds bike routes, sharing, dedicated navigation icon
If you're running an Android phone and you're lucky enough to be using 1.6 or above (our deepest apologies, CLIQ owners), we might recommend you pop open the Market and score the latest version of Google Maps that just launched today. What's new
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: apologies, cliq, facebook, google-maps, makes-it-quite, maps, result
Google Maps Navigation could come to iPhone, other platforms soon
Ooh, goodie! Try as we may, we've yet to really find a (good) free alternative to Google Maps Navigation on the iPhone, and while Navigon's MobileNavigator gets our highest recommendations in the paid GPS department, Google's own turn-by-turn option is just about enough to make any iPhone-toting traveler jump ship and snag an Android handset.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: entry, google-maps, google-maps-navigation, highest, iphone, maps, mobilenavigator, platforms, predicament, route, routing
Google Maps 4.0 goes live for BlackBerry, brings voice search and Buzz support
BlackBerry users feeling left out in the cold by Google's breakneck release schedule for Maps on Android needn't fret anymore now that the shiny new 4.0 release has just broken cover today. What's new
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: biggies, BlackBerry, buzz, download-now, features-get, gold, google maps 4.0, google-maps, googlemaps4.0, maps, mobile, users-feeling
Vodafone’s Wayfinder is first victim of free smartphone navigation services
Back in January 2009, as Vodafone was preparing to close a
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: free-smartphone, google-maps, introduction, location-based-services, map, sweden, swedish, the-unfortunate, vodafone