PDAStreet.com > News > Google Debuts Mobile GPS App for Android 2.0 Google Debuts Mobile GPS App for Android 2.0
By Michelle Megna
Google today served up more Éclair sweetness with Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 -- a mobile GPS app with 3-D views, turn-by-turn guidance and automatic rerouting.
Still in beta, the app was "built from the ground up to take advantage of your phone's Internet connection," Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) software engineer Keith Ito wrote in a blog post. He highlighted several features of the new app for Android 2.0, the latest iteration of it mobile OS software development kit, dubbed Éclair. In addition to street and 3-D satellite views, the navigation app sports voice search, real-time traffic data and proximity searches pegged to the route. Ito said the Motorola Droid, which was formally unveiled today and is arriving on Verizon Nov. 6, will be the first device to run the new navigation app. This, of course, builds on the recent partnership between Google and Big Red to bring Android devices to market. Google is initially rolling out the application for U.S. users only. Get the full story here at InternetNews.com.
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