Sat nav companies have nothing to fear unless google let u download maps on your phone to use offline (PLEASE DO THIS ASAP) how much data must u down load to use google maps never mind using it with turn by turn option. What we want is the ability to download maps just like Nokia Maps come on most phone can support a 32gb card so space is not an issue.
"Maps cache along your intended route, so even if your connection dies along the way the route will still show you what you need to see, and voice synthesis of street names still works, too."
uhhh dude...i think your part of the 50% of people who use nav apps. The other half (myself included) DONT want to have to get a 8, 16 or 32 GB storage card...and would much prefer to ALWAYS have the latest and most up to date maps, and never have to think twice about their memory card being halved (or less) in available space because a nav app is taking up half of it. i want to have as much movies, videos, music on my memory card as possible...
Europe is a different game. each country has different operators, so if I drive over into Italy or Switzerland, I am roaming, and there is NO way you want roaming data on your mobile for a 4 hour car journey. can you imagine the phone bill ? "Live" up to date maps are only a selling point to justify the monthly prices of online maps, but roads dont change that often that they are necessary... Last year I went to Athens and my offline maps were a huge help to find the landmarks in Pedestrian mode... can you imagine doing that with a internet roaming connection open ?.. Online maps are financial handcuffs.
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Sat nav companies have nothing to fear unless google let u download maps on your phone to use offline (PLEASE DO THIS ASAP) how much data must u down load to use google maps never mind using it with turn by turn option. What we want is the ability to download maps just like Nokia Maps come on most phone can support a 32gb card so space is not an issue.
That's a very good point.
umm... Gears. Presto.
Even the iPhone caches maps in a limited sense, I can only imagine the amount of awesome they stuffed into their own Android baby.
I think this might be the turn Android needs.
"Maps cache along your intended route, so even if your connection dies along the way the route will still show you what you need to see, and voice synthesis of street names still works, too."
From the Gizmodo article.
http://gizmodo.com/5391408/google-maps-navigation-a-free-ass+kicking-turn+by+turn-mobile-app
uhhh dude...i think your part of the 50% of people who use nav apps. The other half (myself included) DONT want to have to get a 8, 16 or 32 GB storage card...and would much prefer to ALWAYS have the latest and most up to date maps, and never have to think twice about their memory card being halved (or less) in available space because a nav app is taking up half of it.
i want to have as much movies, videos, music on my memory card as possible...
Europe is a different game. each country has different operators, so if I drive over into Italy or Switzerland, I am roaming, and there is NO way you want roaming data on your mobile for a 4 hour car journey. can you imagine the phone bill ? "Live" up to date maps are only a selling point to justify the monthly prices of online maps, but roads dont change that often that they are necessary... Last year I went to Athens and my offline maps were a huge help to find the landmarks in Pedestrian mode... can you imagine doing that with a internet roaming connection open ?.. Online maps are financial handcuffs.