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more about #navigation Apples_to_Oranges: It's beautiful... more » chareverie: Audi is integrating #Google services into their next vehicle, the Audi A8. Specifically, Google Earth, which *does* include Google Maps and navigation... more » macpatrik: I've said this before and I'll say it again. I've tested out three of the most popular navigation apps. Navigon, TomTom, and whatever the stock AT&T ... more » Noobs-R-Us: Yea, who needs Canada anyways? more » Kris Aubuchon: They should just sell regional versions while they are at it and charge $25 and allow in-app purchases for additional regions. more » Mayor McRib: I'm hoping they cut out Alaska, both Dakotas, Oregon, Nebraska and Iowa and just sell it for 2.99? more » PyrateKitteh: "rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things." Apparently they know better than the rest of the world how to find a place on a m... more » jdale: Hasn't Apple already found a way to differentiate Google Maps on the iPhone from Google Maps on Android phones? You know, by rejecting Latitude? more » Aetius: "rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things." AKA uh-oh no Google Maps. We gotta slap together some map thingie. more » MarcusMaximus: "that Apple's sticking with Google for map data, and simply looking to add new and unique powers to its Maps application, to differentiate it from Goo... more » Poop Cooper: Best new feature of Waze: driving off the edge of screen will teleport you to the opposing side. more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: So where are the ghosts? more » Justin Paulson: That's cool until some jackass walks over there with his phone and suddenly it thinks there is a street where there is none more » Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: It'd be great if you could go multiplayer with other cars. Like they could be the ghosts and they're chasing you or something. more » ThePaul: I'm surprised Apple didn't crap all over the application on the grounds that it doesn't meet Apple's aesthetic design ethos. It's yet another wrinkle ... more » Nathan Obbards: I see a rich person unwittingly stumbled into Santa Ana and is using it to escape. Smart move man. I hope your doors are locked. #magellanroadmate more » TheSonOfKrypton: "Google's telegraphed their intention to NUKE THE HELL OUT OF EVERYONE..." LMAO. Most appropriately chosen set of words ever. #magellanroadmate more » OGHowie: I wonder when Apple will come out with their own free nav app? #magellanroadmate more » vic.nospam: Why does this Google app stop working when I get a phone call? The iPhone map apps can be used during a phone call which is very important when I am i... more » kimchibrown: "Google: If you're going to knock everyone else off the mountain, at least give us an app worthy of a king." This is probably the stupidest thing I'v... more » -
#cartech
Audi A8: World's First Google Earth-Enabled In-Car Nav System
The 2011 Audi A8 continues to set the full-size sedan gadget bar higher with the integration of Google Earth and terrain-mapping into its 8-inch LCD screen. Now you can find a Starbucks... in 3D! -
#gps
TomTom Releases $50 US-Only iPhone App
Given the intense competition in the turn-by-turn app wars, TomTom is offering an alternative to their $99 original version by ditching Canada and dropping the price to $50. More » -
#speculation
More Evidence Apple's Looking Beyond Google for iPhone Maps?
A few months ago, Apple bought their own mapmaker, Placebase, which seemingly opened the possibility of non-Google-y maps. Now, they're looking for an iPhone maps engineer to "rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things." More » -
#iphoneapps
Waze Turn-By-Turn App Lets You Play Pac-Man With Your Car
Free, crowd-sourced turn-by-turn app Waze might not navigate quite as well as the Navigons and Telenavs of the world, but it's got one killer feature that they don't: cherries, to chomp with your car. More » -
#iphoneapps
Magellan Sends Its Eldest Child Into the iPhone Turn-By-Turn App War, Tearfully
In this war there are two battles: the polite, traditional fight between expensive, full-featured apps like Navigon and TomTom, and the I-will-undercut-you-if-it-means-killing-my-own-mother gorefest of the cheaper apps, like MotionX and Gokivo. With RoadMate, Magellan has taken the road less bloody. More » -
#roundup
Week In Review—The Second Coming of Android
Think of this week's round of announcements as Android's débutante ball. She's gone from a lovable ragamuffin to a mature OS that's ready for the spotlight. With Android 2.0, Motorola Droid and Google Maps Navigation, she stole our hearts. More » -
#review
Google Navigator for Android Review: Good For Free But Far From Perfect
As you know, Google's freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what's great—and what's surprisingly bad—about it. More » -
#gps
Microsoft Pulling The Plug On MSN Direct In 2012
While it's probably not the first casualty of the Google GPS navigation bombshell, the fact remains—Microsoft is pulling the plug on their MSN Direct service on January 1st, 2012. More » -
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#apps
Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
Google's free turn-by-turn navigation for Maps is the news this morning, and even in Beta, they got a lot right. It has Google tech, like Street View and satellite imagery, and even voice-powered search. Here's what you need to know. More » -
#rumor
Is Google Secretly Working On A Free Mobile Navigation App?
There's a lot of speculation about Google working on and preparing to release a mobile navigation app. For free. The logic's there and the pieces fit, but we still lack solid proof. More » -
#rc
RC Girls Would Be a Nerd's Dream Come True
At the Kajimoto Laboratory, engineers have developed a helmet that can be used to guide the visually impaired by tugging their ears. It seems that this guy dreams of a day when it could be used to tug something else. More » -
#iphoneapps
Gokivo Drops Monthly Rate to $5/Month
Possibly in response to the amazingly low price of Fullpower's MotionX GPS (stay tuned for full review), Networks In Motion has reduced the monthly rate of its Gokivo iPhone app to $4.99. [iTunes Link] -
#apple
Apple Buys Their Very Own Maps Company (See Ya, Google Maps?)
The Apple/Google divorce continues to come into focus: Apple quietly bought Placebase, a mapping service company, back in July. Apple doesn't buy companies it's not going to use. Meaning, Apple's getting into making their own maps. Peace out, Google. More » -
#smartphones
Garmin Nuvifone G60 Is Finally Happening: On AT&T Oct. 4 for $299
Took long enough: The near-vaporware Garmin nuvifone G60 GPS-cum-fone is actually coming out, and it's gonna be on AT&T come Oct. 4 for $300, with an extra $5/month for navigation services. I'm sure it will fail miserably. [Yahoo] -
#iphone
ARider Turns The iPhone Into a Heads-Up GPS Display For Cyclists
Japan's Ubiquitous Entertainment have developed a prototype device called ARider that allows cyclists to navigate via their iPhone 3GS using a heads up display. Of course, the whole setup seems a bit precarious for you and your precious phone. More » -
#iphoneapps
Navigon for iPhone Sucker-Punches TomTom With Text-to-Speech, iPod Controls
There are plenty of serviceable turn-by-turn nav apps for the iPhone, but the best of the bunch—TomTom and Navigon—have been locked in a dead heat. With Navigon's latest free update, the choice has gotten a little clearer. More » -
#gps
APSI C100's Removeable Touchscreen Actually Makes Me Excited about a GPS
Personal navigation device design is usually as boring as late night infomercials, but not APSI's C100. The half GPS half PMP comes with a cradle which you can slide the touchscreen device in and out of. More » -
#gps
TomTom iPhone Navigation Hits US, Canadian App Store For $100
After rolling-out across much of the western world this weekend, TomTom's eagerly-awaited turn-by-turn navigation app for the iPhone is now available to those in the US and Canada. More » -
#gps
Would You Pay $200 For TomTom's iPhone Car Kit?
We've been waiting for the supposed Summer launch of TomTom's turn-by-turn iPhone app and car kit ever since we saw it at WWDC. Now one UK retailer looks to be taking pre-orders for £113.85 (about $195). More »
