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	danramos	2011-03-07 , 20:23
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt

Google maps navigation upgrade!

Maps will now navigate automatically around traffic for the shortest travel:

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/201...than-wait.html

Wow. Very useful.

*sniff* I love you, Google Maps with Navigation.

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	Capt'n Corrupt	2011-03-07 , 21:01
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What's very interesting about the Google Maps Navigation is, that this sole feature may effectively save money, time, and reduce environmental impact. It would be interesting to quantify those savings (or costs), and could be a killer marketing bullet point for Android devices given the current 'green' climate.

Are you listening Google PR?

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	danramos	2011-03-07 , 21:15
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt

What's very interesting about the Google Maps Navigation is, that this sole feature may effectively save money, time, and reduce environmental impact. It would be interesting to quantify those savings (or costs), and could be a killer marketing bullet point for Android devices given the current 'green' climate.

Are you listening Google PR?

No need to ask. They've clearly been listening to us all along.

Isn't this like a breath of fresh air after years of dealing with Nokia claiming that their silence is just due to "Finnish culture"? They hid behind culture as an excuse not to really compete or try to innovate anymore. Thank you, Google, for not resting on your laurels even when you were already on top.

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	Capt'n Corrupt	2011-03-07 , 21:33
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Originally Posted by danramos

No need to ask. They've clearly been listening to us all along.

Isn't this like a breath of fresh air after years of dealing with Nokia claiming that their silence is just due to "Finnish culture"? They hid behind culture as an excuse not to really compete or try to innovate anymore. Thank you, Google, for not resting on your laurels even when you were already on top.

It really is. It's clear that Google has invested heavily into research and development, which is very nice to know. It's also nice to know that their development doesn't seem to be solely driven by greed but also the betterment of productive society -- if only in a small part.

I feel as though, this time I've backed the right horse, and I have very high confidence purchasing a Google device. I would not even consider a Nokia/MS/Apple device due to a history of crappiness and/or planned obsolescence.

It's astonishing that they receive so much flack for it from the vocal members of the community. I think many of the vocal members of the community suffer from underdog syndrome and when something becomes too popular it also becomes undesirable.

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	Capt'n Corrupt	2011-03-07 , 21:36
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It had to happen sooner or later.

Android has taken the top spot among mobile subscribers, besting RIM's blackberry line:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/07/c...rtphone-subsc/

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	Capt'n Corrupt	2011-03-07 , 21:42
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Amazon has clarified it's policy on its App store:
http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon...ry-you-thought

Developers can opt-into DRM
It's a one time activation

My take? It still sucks.

The problem is that the promises of 'lesser piracy' will be an easy sell for developers, but will tie users into Amazon.com in order to install their applications. Should anything happen (eg. Amazon goes under, or decides not to have an app store), your purchased app could quickly become a useless binary. Due to the volatility of the market, I don't know if this is such a good thing.

Then again, how many apps that I purchased in the 1980s do I still use?

Still it may be nice to revisit some of them with an Android emulator in the late 2030s -- which may not be possible with this model of distribution.

I'm torn....

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	danramos	2011-03-07 , 21:46
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt

It really is. It's clear that Google has invested heavily into research and development, which is very nice to know. It's also nice to know that their development doesn't seem to be solely driven by greed but also the betterment of productive society -- if only in a small part.

I feel as though, this time I've backed the right horse, and I have very high confidence purchasing a Google device. I would not even consider a Nokia/MS/Apple device due to a history of crappiness and/or planned obsolescence.

It's astonishing that they receive so much flack for it from the vocal members of the community. I think many of the vocal members of the community suffer from underdog syndrome and when something becomes too popular it also becomes undesirable.

Agreed. I didn't even mention all the efforts Google has put into solar power development, wind power development, oceanic power development, self-driving vehicles (which I'[m absolutely SURE will be very fuel efficient by nature and will be extremely welcomed by the obnoxiously busy commuters that love to talk on their cell phones, eat, drink, shave and read the paper while driving as well as the senior citizens who will welcome the assisted driving, even if not full self-driving) in addition to what you mentioned about the Google Maps with Navigation contribution to commute fuel savings.

Nokia, at its best, managed to succeed at improving only the tiniest iota of something that many companies before it had already pioneered: making cell phones.

It's nice to see a company that is being run by engineers and inventors, not top-heavy management and fattened bureaucrat executives hiding behind "Finnish culture" as an excuse. Worse, they denigrate Finland by claiming as much.

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	danramos	2011-03-07 , 21:56
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt

Then again, how many apps that I purchased in the 1980s do I still use? Still it may be nice to revisit some of them with an Android emulator in the late 2030s -- which may not be possible with this model of distribution.

Actually, there are a good number of people who still use software written in the 1980's. This is especially common in business users. There are still people who will swear by old versions of Lotus 123, older MS Word (because newer versions are just unnecessarily laden with features and slow), etc.

Although, then there's also alllllllll the emulators and system emulators that people like to go back to because there was just something innocent, pure, artistic and culturally beautiful about the software written back in the 1980's.

It would be a shame if software of the 2010's were locked down in a way that ruined your ability to bring it at LEAST into an emulator. Anybody remember all that money wasted on that Microsoft "Play For Sure" music and video garbage locked down by server run DRM (i.e. the Walmart online music store, Yahoo music, etc.)? Play For Sure servers went away when Microsoft came out with the Zune music store. They didn't even have the decency to negotiate a transfer of licenses with the music labels--so hopefully you didn't buy a ton of stuff... that was truly money that went up into a puff of smoke. The same thing could (and likely will, someday) happen with Apple's DRM'ed stuff, unless they renegotiate the licenses and carry them over into any new DRM or un-DRM. Of course, that STILL doesn't help you if you want to buy someone else's device besides Apple's, even today.

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	H3llb0und	2011-03-07 , 23:53
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Flashing Gingerbread on my DHD right now...

I will get an Android tablet once the dust settles...

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