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 coul

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

2009-10-30 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 wrote: > Ovi Maps uses Navteq maps.  The engine is different from the mapping > application

Re: Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

2009-10-29 Thread Gary
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 jumping off the W

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 wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Kevin T. Neely > wrote: > > That really works? I've been rocking mobile navigation for a couple > years

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 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 Maps is not quite read

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 postpon

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 w