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3 3 · 2010-06-10, 12:12 AM

Google navigation is now available in Canada on Android 1.6 and higher. I tried it on my nexus one and it works!

rfielder · 2010-06-10, 01:58 PM

Anyone know if this is coming to the iPhone?

jvincent · 2010-06-10, 08:26 PM

I tried it on my Nexus One on the drive home and it does work really well but boy does it suck the battery power!

When I left the office the battery was at 65% and by the time I got home it was at 35% after about a 35 minute drive. Definitely and application to run while connected to an external power source.

tgreg · 2010-06-11, 12:09 PM

any sense of how much bandwidth it consumes? I assume it's more effiecient than streaming data, but then again ...

jvincent · 2010-06-11, 03:47 PM

I didn't think to check that but as it turns out my data billing cycle re-started on Monday and when I checked this morning I was only at 11MB so it's doesn't look like it was too bad considering I had been doing other stuff on the phone.

lawman · 2010-06-17, 10:31 PM

One thing that I love on my Smartphone is the ability to have the whole North American map on my smartphone. With the built-in GPS and my Garmin GPS navigation software, I am pretty much self sufficient for navigation. No data consumption required to be downloaded. Less battery consumption as well as its not needing to download maps to update each time.

2010-06-10, 12:12 AM	#1
3 3 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: ottawa Posts: 7	Google Navigation in Canada Google navigation is now available in Canada on Android 1.6 and higher. I tried it on my nexus one and it works!

2010-06-10, 08:26 PM	#3
jvincent Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ottawa Posts: 5,369	I tried it on my Nexus One on the drive home and it does work really well but boy does it suck the battery power! When I left the office the battery was at 65% and by the time I got home it was at 35% after about a 35 minute drive. Definitely and application to run while connected to an external power source. __________________ Android rocks!

2010-06-11, 03:47 PM	#5
jvincent Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ottawa Posts: 5,369	I didn't think to check that but as it turns out my data billing cycle re-started on Monday and when I checked this morning I was only at 11MB so it's doesn't look like it was too bad considering I had been doing other stuff on the phone. __________________ Android rocks!

2010-06-17, 10:31 PM	#6
lawman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa, Rogers Posts: 551	One thing that I love on my Smartphone is the ability to have the whole North American map on my smartphone. With the built-in GPS and my Garmin GPS navigation software, I am pretty much self sufficient for navigation. No data consumption required to be downloaded. Less battery consumption as well as its not needing to download maps to update each time. __________________ Panasonic TH50PX60U / Denon AVR-990 / 8642HD PVR/ Panasonic DVD-S77 / Pioneer DV-563A / Playstation3 / Belkin PF60

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2010-06-10, 01:58 PM	#2
rfielder Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 1,519	Anyone know if this is coming to the iPhone?

2010-06-11, 12:09 PM	#4
tgreg Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Bell Fibe, Sony KDL55EX720, Yamaha+Paradigm5.1, GSIII, Asus InfinityPad Posts: 59	any sense of how much bandwidth it consumes? I assume it's more effiecient than streaming data, but then again ...