Google sat navs...

I read this and thought Wow!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8331824.stm

 

Free, eh? So that'll be:

"After 100 yards, turn..."
"New Ronco Jizz Away! Use on sofas *and* curtains!"
"...right"

 

'k-tel'

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue

 

<looks at out-of-date-already-operating-system-won't-run-it htc hero>

<sigh>

 

No need to <sign>:

http://www.androidauthority.com/index.php/2009/10/29/htc-to-offer-android-2-0-update-for-the-hero/

 

It will be marvelous to see Tom Tom get royally fucked on pricing and
drop from £250 to £100 or less. They might even need decent CS.

 

you **** - I'm going to have to dig out my 12" of "Bert Weedons'
Guitar Greats" now...

 

[email protected] took a blunt brush and painted...

And a review of the system says its slow to use, slow to download & update
the maps, the street view is hopeless streaming in realtime.

"Back to the iPhone" was their closing comment.

I wouldn't loose too much sleep over it yet.

 

[...]

Well, it's pretty much worth what you're paying for it. ;-)

In a world with perfect 3G connections everywhere Google Navigation
might work quite well, but for now, I'll stick with keeping my maps
on the device.

Well, one good thing that'll come of it is the lowering of navigation
software prices (I hope). I cheered for the iPhone even though I'd never
use the abominable contraption myself, because it meant that Windows
Mobile devices started having large screens instead of tiny 2.8" displays.
Now I hope Google Navigation catches on and programs like iGo and TomTom
will get cheaper and will get real-time updates from the net.

 

It'll be interesting to see if that one lands up in the iPhone App
Store.