TomTom has updated their iPhone application with Real Time Traffic, Google Local Search, New Maps, and more.

Aaron visited the SF Bay Area, so he and Noah from PhoneDog grabbed two GPS-enabled smartphones and hopped in the hybrid for a day of cheesy tourist stuff. What better venue for a Navigation Dogfight between Androids Google Navigation and Nokias Ovi Maps?

Some sad news, I'm afraid. You'll remember Sweden's Wayfinder navigation software from back in the early 2000s - I was a proponent, loving the fact that it would work on anything because it didn't need to have hundreds of Megabytes of maps preloaded (well, it seemed a lot at the time). Sydsvenskan is now reporting the Wayfinder story (including the Vodafone buyout over a y...

Motorola loyalists may now be able to search more effectively than ever. Well, Motorola has declared its universal association with Microsoft Corp. to install Bing services on Motorola phones run by Android. This new offering, releasing in China on smartphones in Q1, can offer users an option when accessing search and map functions on

We all know that Google are out there to dominate when it comes to anything they touch, they are already getting there with its Android devices and now we have to look at Google Earth Maps and of course others that are similar like Nokia Ovi Maps. These two companies offer stiff competition, Google Earth Maps

CouponMap for the G1 Android Phone recommends and maps local restaurants searched by "Gourmet Navigator" & "Hot Pepper".

Not entirely dissimilar to the 2008 patent which showed an iPhone being controlled by camera-based input, is this German student's app, which controls the Maps app being controlled by the camera tracking hand movements through the app. It's probably easiest if you watch the below, which demonstrates—in a slightly limited fashion—a hand being moved in front of the came...

Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile With Googles threatened move out of China, Motorola was prompted to seek an alternative provider for web search and maps for its Android phones.  Motorola has found that alternative in Bing, the ever-increasingly popular search engine owned by Microsoft.  Motorola Android users in China might have an easy time forgetting that Andro...

CoPilot Live Europe, a navigation app for the iPhone, has added maps for Greece and Russia.

Motorola has announced a new partnership with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine and map provider on all Android devices released in China. Motorolas soon-to-release Android phones will use Bing for the Android search widget and browser, as well as Bing Maps for directions in China. The Bing-Motorola partnership is the second instance of