a demonstration of Google Maps Navigation (Beta), an internet-connected GPS navigation system that provides turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 phones.
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With Google Maps Navigation, you can search in plain English. No need to know the address. You can type a business name (eg starbucks) or even a kind of a business (eg thai restaurant), just like you would on Google.
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Google Maps Navigation features Street View. Visualize turns overlaid on Google’s Street View imagery. Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination.
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Google Maps Navigation can be accessed via car dock mode on Android 2.0 phones. For certain devices, placing your phone in a car dock activates a special mode that makes it easy to use your device at arm’s length.
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Google Maps Navigation lets you search along your route. Search for any business by name or type, or turn on popular layers such as gas stations, restaurants, or parking.
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With Google Maps Navigation, you can search by voice. Speak your destination instead of typing (English only): "Navigate to the de Young Museum in San Francisco".
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Google Maps Navigation features traffic view. An on-screen indicator glows green, yellow, or red based on the current traffic conditions along your route. A single touch on the indicator toggles a traffic view that shows the traffic ahead.
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Google Maps with Voice Navigation on Motorola Droid, Android 2.0 on Verizon Wireless Full Droid Review: pocketnow.com Google Maps Navigation Review: pocketnow.com
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Demo of Google Maps Navigation by Keith Ito, a Google software engineer in the Seattle area who worked on the turn-by-turn navigation feature for Google Maps on Android devices. The introduction of the feature caused a big stir this morning for its potential to turn the market for portable navig...
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The Motorola Droid is live, and it’s bringing the hurt to the Android space. Verizon's first Android phone sports a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, GPS, WiFi, 3G data, microSD card and Android OS 2.0. Take a tour with us as we check out the new Google Map...
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