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Originally Posted by Crashdamage View Post
Garmin and TomTom's gravy days are over. The Nuviphone won't save Garmin like they're hoping. It's a so-so design with yet another proprietary Linux-based OS. Too bad, 'cause Garmin is based here in Kansas City so soon some locals may loose jobs. Lotsa luck to 'em.

But the major flaw in Google Maps is no maps are stored on the phone so they don't work without a 'net connection. One of the things that will be great about the N900 is even when I'm way out in the sticks with no signal (which happens a lot) the GPS and maps will still work 'cause I can download and store map data on the phone. With my G1 I'm just still lost.
This has been partially addressed in the version of GMaps shipping with Android 2.0. If you "get directions" the phone caches the maps necessary for your route, so that if you lose connection, you're still good. Does OVI Maps do something similar? (I'm not trolling! I really don't know). There also seems to be another level of integration with peripherals; mentioned was putting the Droid in a car "dock" automatically activates GPS mode, with larger icons, presumably to allow the driver to see (something that he's not supposed to be doing while he's driving anyways). Does anyone know of a desktop dock for the n900? Charging, USB syncing, TV-out, Audio out, anything out or in? And last question for the community mavens, any word on implementation of Project noBounds?