Google May Bring Turn-By-Turn Directions to 'Other Platforms'
Apr 23, 2010, 7:20 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Apr 23, 2010, 8:41 AM
Google has recently indicated that it plans to offer turn-by-turn directions to a number of new platforms, though it didn't specify which. "We did not say we would bring it to iPhone, we said to date we've had it on Android and that in the future it may come to other platforms but did not confirm this will be coming to iPhone at all," said a Google spokesperson in response to reports that it had confirmed an iPhone app. Google first began offering turn-by-turn directions on the Android platform in November. Google is working on a free application that will let users map out point-to-point routes and then have their phone guide them to that location. Google didn't say when the application would become available.
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Google is really undercutting...
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Google maps is a good (albiet with a creepy voice) option because of the street view and the fact that it's free.
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Update: Google to apple: No navigation for you!
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/04/23/google-to- ... »
The real question is will they be allowed to use admob advertising with it
Free nav on other platforms would be a boon for Google though.. more people using their products=more people seeing their ads.. then all they need to do is add tighter integration to android phones and they don't really lose the competative advantage (they get people used to their software and willing to try the OS)
Anyway, who knows? Google doesn't seem ...
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Not the iPhone though, blah. *edit*
I was hoping Google would release it for the iPhone, but hey, you can't win em' all.
I'll just have to enjoy Google layers when my girlfriend is traveling with me. Navigon suits me well for the time being.
Questions Arise Over Google's Plans to Bring Free Turn-By-Turn GPS Navigation to iPhone
According to PCWorld, however, Google has backpedaled on those claims and in fact seems to be distancing itself from the possibility of bringing the service to the iPhone.
"We did not say we would bring it to iPhone, we said to date we've had it on Android and that in the future it may come to other platforms but did not confirm this will be coming to iPhone at all," a Google spokesperson told PCWorld.
