Comments on: Garmin Looks to Android for Direction

By: Garmin 255w GPS

Garmin 255w GPS — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:46:41 +0000

I feel so good when I read helpful articles like this on the internet.

By: just some dude

just some dude — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:57:27 +0000

there's not much to take advantage of, the nav app is pretty much all you can ask for. now its just a waiting game to see which GPS/NAV company signs up to join the OHA.

By: ari-free

ari-free — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:48:45 +0000

Android's not just a nav solution. It's an OS that all these devices (nook, Garmin, etc) want to run on.

By: mlayer

mlayer — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:47 +0000

I'd love to see it but I doubt it. The phone industry is far too cutthroat to allow for a feature whose value may be hard to explain in a corporate board room. There's a lot of emphasis on "good enough." The best thing in the end may be to raise the bar on what "good enough" is to the consumer.

That said, there will be a lot of room on the software side for developers to take advantage of what Google will provide through this app.

By: GPSCharlie

GPSCharlie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:08:54 +0000

While many phones have GPSs, most of them have appalling accuracy. Augmented reality apps and many others would benefit greatly from greater accuracy - and it is easily possible -, yet consumers seem to focus exclusively on time-to-first fix. Is there still room for a real GPS company to take the lead on better hardware??? Educate the masses.

By: just some dude

just some dude — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:32:20 +0000

keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. good thinking garmin. I love my garmin handheld, but a garmin running android probably not a bad thing.

By: Streets Of Boston

Streets Of Boston — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:54:08 +0000

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