Google Maps for Android 2.0 Beta offers stiff competition to paid GPS navigation services. This free app is loaded with new features and familiar Google Maps features. The video that follows shows the new Android Map app on a Verizon Moto Droid phone used a on a dash mount in the car. The mount is called a car dock and when the Droid phone is the car dock it automatically goes into car mode. It re...

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Today Google announced a free, turn-by-turn GPS navigation application called Google Maps Navigation that makes its debut within the new Google Android 2.0 platform. The GPS app is integrated with Google Maps, provides turn-by-turn navigation and is completely free. The GPS app comes with a ton of features such as voice search, keyword search, satellite view, and more. Check out the feat...

Shares in GPS manufacturers Garmin and TomTom fell today following the announcement from Google that upcoming Android handsets will include free navigation software. The new Google Maps Navigation app will be included on Motorola's upcoming Android phone, the Motorola Droid, and will provide turn-by-turn directions based on up-to-date maps and business listings from Google Maps. The Google .....

Just when you thought it was safe to buy a nav app for the iPhone, Google goes and announces a free app for Android, and says it's going to be available for the iPhone if Apple will let it into the App Store. The app, called Google Maps Navigation, will ship with phones running the Android OS 2.0 and includes search by voice, search for points of interest by voice while in route, satellite an...

Google today gave Android a further edge by porting Google Maps Navigation to Android 1.6 phones. T...

Google can make a killer GPS application as well. One has to feel bad for GPS companies that are taking a beating from their mobile counterparts. In a move that has shaken the mobile and GPS industries, Google has announced that Android phone owners will get Google Maps Navigation (a fancy name for a GPS)

One of the coolest features and improvements in Android 2.0, Google Maps Navigation, is now available for devices running Android 1.6 (Donut).  All you G1 and myTouch 3G owners are now able to take advantage of  voice guided directions and automatic rerouting. Using your data connection, Google Maps Navigation turns your phone into full-featured GPS unit

Download the latest release of Google Maps, and never carry a paper map again. New features in Google Maps: GPS Navigation, US (only), Layers My Maps, Wikipedia, Transit. Google Maps also includes: Business listings, Driving / transit / walking directions, Street View, Traffic, and Latitude. Price: Free AndroidTapp.com Android App Review: Pros & Cons Pros Free turn by turn

This just in - Google has now made their Google Maps Navigation solution available in the Android Market for *any phone* running Android 1.6 and up. Despite leaving Sprints HTC Hero out in the cold, this continues Googles possible gamechanging of the GPS market. Were all still playing the waiting game to see if Google ports