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Garmin scares drivers who use free smartphone GPS

Published on: 14th July, 2010

The GPS maker Garmin has tried to scare European travellers who used smartphone navigation by saying it would be very expensive. It also claimed that services provided free of charge like, for example, Google Maps Navigation, would actually be more expensive due to costly international data fees that are needed to maintain the maps updated. [...]

Airline data company ITA bought by Google, airline maps hinted

Published on: 10th July, 2010

Google has announced the buyout of the airline data company ITA and has paid $700 million. Marissa Mayer, vice president of search, characterized the move as a help to increase competition related to searching for information connected with air travel. She acknowledged the company has bought ITA to develop search tools regarding flights. The deal [...]

Android 1.6 for Samsung’s Behold II, from T-Mobile

Published on: 27th June, 2010

Android 1.6 has been recently released by T-Mobile for Samsung Behold II smartphones; the software can currently be obtained through an over-the-air update. Users now have the possibility to use Google Maps Navigation, Voice Search, Swype keyboard, a quick search box and other important improvements.
This release comes a month after T-Mobile declared that the Samsung [...]

New addition to Google Maps – bike directions

Published on: 14th March, 2010

Google has added biking directions to Google Maps. This largely requested feature allows navigation using not only bike trails but also marks and uses roads already known as being bike-friendly. It includes both roads with bike lanes and those that are simply recommended for cyclists. Maps even consider hills or roads with heavy car traffic [...]

More Details for Google Maps Navigation

Published on: 1st November, 2009

The beta edition of Google Maps Navigation, the internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance, is part of Google Maps for mobile and is available for phones with Android 2.0, like the Motorola Droid. Google Maps Navigation adds features that normally exist in dedicated GPS units, such as the bird’s eye (satellite) view and spoken [...]