Google Releases Map Navigation for Android
written: October 28, 2009Google has just released what looks like a deathblow to the current way we use navigation. With the release of Google Map Navigation for Android 2.0, we now have a free navigation program that is included with our phone OS (as long as you are running Android 2.0, of course). No longer do we have to carry another device for navigation; goodbye Tom Tom, I don’t need you no more!
We will have to see what the actual impact this is, of course. The Apple iPhone has had a few navigation applications so far, and none have been a real show stopper. However, none has had the backing of Google on Google’s OS. I am definitely looking forward to getting my Motorola Droid phone when it comes out, and this application is just hightening my excitement!
What do you all think? Do you think this is going to be the end of stand-alone navigation devices? Watch the video below to see the new application in action.
