Comments on: Google Maps Navigation working outside the US?

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:38:39 +0000

Hi Looking forward to this but in meantime am using cracked co pilot and this works great……

By: Matty T

Matty T — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:41:59 +0000

Just to add, there is a Cache to SD app which i use to free up resources. It moves googlemaps, gmail, browser cache to the SD card.

By: Ben Sillis

Ben Sillis — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:39:21 +0000

Hi Matty – we’d love to test this! Does the lack of caching prove a problem for it or have you found it works fluidly over 3G?

By: Matty T

Matty T — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:44:33 +0000

Hey guys, just a heads up, if you serach on the internet, there is a XDA member who has got this working in the Netherlands, he has hosted his .APK file. I downloaded it and tested (I live in the UK), and it works!!! Fantastic app, cant wait for the official to be released!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:12:20 +0000

It’s on a G1 running Cyanogen 4.2.5. A few messages were thrown up when running adb to say the files that needed to be deleted didn’t exist, but after running the commands listed the old maps icon disappeared off the home screen. Installation of the Maps app went smoothly. I have had to remove a few apps I don’t use to free up some memory, but if it becomes a problem I believe there is an app out there to move all programs to the memory card.

By: Ben Sillis

Ben Sillis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:49:22 +0000

On what phone Matthew? We’d love to test this out for ourselves.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:11:31 +0000

Maps Navigation works well in the UK. I installed it yesterday and tested it out last night.

By: James Holland

James Holland — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:34:07 +0000

Copilot’s pretty good, but free wins every time. What’s more, Google Maps Navigation has lane assist, and streetview gubbins built in. I’d hate to be a product manager for a satnav firm right now…

By: Ben Sillis

Ben Sillis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:18:58 +0000

I think you’re not alone. Just out of interest, what would you consider an acceptable paid for satnav app price? CoPilot’s £26, but that’s still infinitely more expensive than free!

By: Kelly gomes

Kelly gomes — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:48:52 +0000

The street view looks bit confusing, since I assume that the cars in the picture are not likely the cars I will see when I am driving.If this app could show the real scene through the camera AND superimpose the route on the road, now that would be awesome!