Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-11-09 Thread John B. Holmblad
Gary, and speaking of which, i.e. .Everyone and their brother's cousin is jumping off the Windows Mobile ship and on to the Android platform for a multitude of reasons. I did just that today by replacing my rusting Windows Mobile 5.x handset with a Motorola (not HTC) Droid. With

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-11-03 Thread Gary
Kevin T. Neely wrote: I find Ovi Maps on S60 to be a great program and it's a must-have for me. Like I posted earlier, I read somewhere that the Maemo version is not ready yet. I suspect it is a big part of why the N900 was delayed, though I have no direct knowledge of that. They could

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-30 Thread Mark
Apparently many think that Ovi Maps is just as bad as the tablet version... http://mer-l-in.blogspot.com/2009/10/ovi-maps-really-is-this-best-we-can-do.html On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Kevin T. Neely ktne...@astroturfgarden.com wrote: Ovi Maps uses Navteq maps.  The engine is different

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-30 Thread Kevin T. Neely
I find Ovi Maps on S60 to be a great program and it's a must-have for me. Like I posted earlier, I read somewhere that the Maemo version is not ready yet. I suspect it is a big part of why the N900 was delayed, though I have no direct knowledge of that. K On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Mark

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-29 Thread Kevin T. Neely
That really works? I've been rocking mobile navigation for a couple years with Ovi Maps (formerly Nokia Maps), and more recently waze. The first is excellent, the latter very promising. I understand that Ovi Maps is not quite ready for primetime on the N900. Maybe one of the reasons they

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-29 Thread Mark
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Kevin T. Neely ktne...@astroturfgarden.com wrote: That really works?  I've been rocking mobile navigation for a couple years with Ovi Maps (formerly Nokia Maps), and more recently waze.  The first is excellent, the latter very promising. I understand that Ovi

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-29 Thread Kevin T. Neely
Ovi Maps uses Navteq maps. The engine is different from the mapping application on the N8x0 series tablets. On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Mark wolfm...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Kevin T. Neely ktne...@astroturfgarden.com wrote: That really works? I've been

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-29 Thread Gary
midoscentavos Maps and navigation aside, who originally published android.img.bz2 and android-installer.deb? More importantly, I wonder if Nokia's considered releasing and Android 2.0 version of the N900 but if not, how about the original Android porters? Everyone and their brother's cousin is

Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-28 Thread Mark Haury
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html?tag=nl.e703 Finally, a navigation solution for handhelds that really works. As soon as T-Mobile comes out with an Android 2.0 phone that I like, it's sayonara to the piece of crap TomTom I bought a couple of months ago (I'm on the third unit