Articles on Google, Google Maps, Droid

Get turn-by-turn directions with Google Maps Navigation - Oct 29, 2009

Crave Don't try this on game day, but the new Google Maps Navigation application will show you how to take a spin past Boston's Fenway Park. You can almost hear the ... Read story »

Google Maps Navigation now on Android 1.6 - Nov 24, 2009

Crave One of the highlights of Android 2.0 has been the Google Maps Navigation app that delivers voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation on your phone for free. Until now, only Motorola Droid owners ... Read story »

Motorola Droid gets partial multitouch with Google Maps 3.4 - Feb 8, 2010

Crave Google released an over-the-air update for the Nexus One on Tuesday that brought, among other things, multitouch and Google Maps 3.4 to the smartphone. This is great news for Nexus One ... Read story »

"Droid Does"--Will Droid do it for Motorola? - Nov 1, 2009

Blogs I remember my very first mobile phone. It was a Motorola, a bulky CDMA mobile phone with a rubber duck anthena and a one-line digital screen. During those times, we didnt' put ... Read story »

Are manufacturers shifting resources away from satnav devices? - Dec 3, 2009

Crave When Motorola's Droid smartphone debuted on Verizon, the inclusion of Google Maps Navigation beta--real-time, turn-by-turn, rerouting GPS-fueled directions--sent the stocks of standalone GPS navigation manufacturers Garmin and TomTom crashing. If a ... Read story »

Android 2.1 coming to Motorola Droid this week - Feb 9, 2010

Crave Just last week, the Motorola Droid (Milestone in Asia) got partial multitouch support with Google Maps 3.4, but that was little consolation for Droid customers who still had to look on ... Read story »

Google Maps Navigation a wakeup call to satnav providers? - Nov 3, 2009

Features Google's free real-time navigation service for Android may upset some players, but it's also welcome competition in an industry dominated by a few. Read story »

First phone to come with Google Android 2.0 arrives - Oct 29, 2009

Crave Initial response to the new Motorola Droid smartphone on the Verizon Wireless network have been very good, thanks in large part to the updated Android 2.0 operating system. The new updated ... Read story »

Multitouch on the Nexus One - Feb 8, 2010

Crave We cheated a little, but we couldn't wait until Google flipped the switch to deliver this week's software update to our Nexus One. We just had to have that mutlitouch, so ... Read story »

Nokia gives green light for free navigation service - Jan 21, 2010

Features Ovi Maps goes from a subscription-based model to a free service on 10 Nokia smartphones. Read story »

The BEST car GPS navigation in the world today - Oct 29, 2009

Blogs Here's the newly announced Google Maps navigation software, Beta. Clearly, obviously, it's the best GPS for the car today. It caches the map so you don't really have to be online if you ... Read story »

Nexus One: The big screen! - Jan 7, 2010

Blogs I was just looking through the specs of the Google phone, the Nexus One. The screen is amazing. 800 x 480 resolution. Excellent form factor. Thin and light, with curves in ... Read story »

There's a map for that: GPS or smartphone? - Nov 11, 2009

Features As mobile phones become more powerful, we wonder if buying a standalone personal navigation device still makes sense these days. Read story »

Google unveils Nexus One - Jan 6, 2010

Features While the world may have gotten very excited about the potential for a Google Phone, what Google actually unveiled was plan for a new smartphone world order. Read story »

Google Goggles lets you search by sight - Dec 8, 2009

Crave Vic Gundotra, Google's vice president of engineering, takes a photo of the Itsukushima Shrine in Japan. The Google Goggles feature successfully identified it. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google's first search engine let people ... Read story »

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