Comments on: Five Features Missing from Droid’s GPS

By: How Chrome OS Changes Everything | Si@mAddress

How Chrome OS Changes Everything | Si@mAddress — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:42:53 +0000

[...] month are really the cause of this post. Google’s dramatic entrance into the world of consumer GPS turn by turn navigation, as well as the announcement of Chrome OS, changes [...]

By: USME

USME — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:28:22 +0000

Standalone devices are practically obsolete. For US users, it’s completely archaic. How much would you pay for a standalone that does something android doesn’t including everything it DOES? How much are you paying for your smartphone? Simple math.

Data usage? If you’re relying on your GPS and don’t have unlim. data you’re a fool. On that note. If you have a smartphone and dont have unlim. data. you’re a fool as well.

Size? Well. you got us there. You can get a bigger unit…but you’re not getting anything else the android is offering. That’s a pro for android, a con for you, collectively.

Traffic updates, map updates, real time stuff… for….free.

By: knobe

knobe — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:27:21 +0000

the gps on my droid 2 works better than my garmin but i miss the info that the garmin displays (speed, elevation, distance to turn, arrival time, etc) that is not on the google gps

By: geff

geff — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:18:32 +0000

my droid always says searching for gps and it never works. It’s an embarassment of a gps.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:28:04 +0000

@the_brigand

My data plan is $30 a month (for my Droid). That doesn’t negate your point (stand-alone will still pay for itself), but unless you’re talking about something that spans outside the US, your information is wrong.

By: UpNorth Man

UpNorth Man — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:24:40 +0000

Will I be able to use the Droid’s GPS feature in Europe; i.e, are there Google Maps for say France already loaded or which can be loaded from some available application? (I know the “phone” features of a Verizon Droid won’t work in Europe, but was hoping the GPS features might.)

By: the_brigand

the_brigand — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:57:22 +0000

Data plan = $80 a month
Stand Alone GPS Unit = $90

for those of us who don’t care about having an unlimited data plan (or any plan) the standard GPS options pays for itself in just 1-2 month(s).

By: ckgreenman

ckgreenman — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:37:56 +0000

Greg, There is an app on the Droid (and the google maps web page) that allows you to edit your own maps. Al you need to do is make your own map and select it as a layer in Google Nav.

By: ckgreenman

ckgreenman — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:35:56 +0000

Here’s another thing missing from the Google Navigation. The ability to select a night time driving color scheme. As much as I like Google Nav it’s pretty distracting at night. turning the brightness down to a non distracting destroys the contrast to a point where you can’t view it either. What it needs (and Google maps in general) is a method of rendering the maps in a dark color scheme that is easier to view while driving (or boating) in the dark.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:56:58 +0000

I would like the droid to have actual lat. and lond. I would like to be able to enter coordinates instead of names to find my hunting spots or fishing spots.