Google Maps Navigation comes to Canada and mainland Europe, remains free as a bird
Patience has had to be your foremost virtue if you were eager to use Google Maps Navigation outside the US or UK , but you might be in luck today as a sizable new batch of countries is getting the free turn-by-turn nav service activated. Googleites in Canada and most of mainland Europe will now be able to hear their Android (version 1.6 and above) giving them voice directions, and as an extra bonus, some nations are also seeing voice search activated, with Canada and German-speaking countries among them. Google's clearly not sitting on its laurels here, so why not power up your phone and let us know how well it finds its way around De Wallen?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: austria, denmark, directions, entry, europe, freenavigation, google-maps-navigation, googlemapsnavigation, netherlands, patience, satnav, spain, voicesearch, wallen
Google partnership has GM OnStar exploring Maps, open APIs and more
In a move that could shape the mobile landscape -- or simply suck down cash, of course -- General Motors just revealed that Google was its mysterious infotainment partner . In the final hours before Google I/O , we sat down with GM VP Nick Pudar to tell us what the future thus holds for OnStar
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, app, automobile, automobiles, car integration, check, chevroletvolt, chevyvolt, gm onstar, googlemapsnavigation, honk-the-horn, onstar, the-smartphone, tire, Volt
Google brings free turn-by-turn Navigation to UK Androids (updated)
Talk about random gifts from the ether. British Android device owners are waking up this morning to discover their robot-themed operating system has gone and upgraded itself overnight
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: breaking-news, dell, from-the-ether, googlemapsnavigation, operating, sony, united-kingdom, voice navigation
Google blocks hacked Navigation from international use
We were sort of hoping Google would turn a blind eye to the Android hackers who'd enabled Google Maps Navigation for use internationally , but it appears we're just hopelessly optimistic: El Goog's shut Navigation down outside the States.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, google-navigation, googlemaps, googlemapsnavigation, googlenavigation, international, neutral, report
Google Maps Navigation hacked for extra-American use
Guess what, prospective Milestone owners, the Droid's one major advantage over its Euro cousin has just been coded out of existence by those proactive, un-American XDA Developers . The free Google Maps Navigation service, whose US announcement was so shocking as to decimate the stock prices of satnav purveyors Garmin and TomTom, has now been ported to work outside the land of the free as well. Not only that, but you can use the app on other Android devices, meaning your old G1 can get a breath of fresh air for absolutely free.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: engadget, google-maps-navigation, googlemaps, googlemapsnavigation, gps, hacked, htc, moto, motorola, motoroladroid, motorolamilestone