Smart Phone GPS

Android Phones Replacing In-Car GPS Devices

Smart Phone GPS

Standard in-car global positioning system, or GPS, devices will face a tough competition in the form of smart phones that are using Android system. For those who are not up to date with the latest technology development, Android is an operating system for mobile phones developed by Google. Rivalling to the in-car GPS devices, these Android powered smart phones are capable to work like one of them especially with the turn-by-turn feature where an input on the destination will provide the directions to the place.

Google claimed that for the users of the smart phones with Android operating systems, they can have the phones to be automatically changed into Street View when approaching the destinations and the phones are also able to display satellite photos. There is also voice search capability for phones running with Android 2.0 and newer such as the Google Nexus One, Motorola Milestone, Acer Liquid, Droids and HTC Desire. There are also data charges for using Android phones. The upgrade of Android phones is only applicable for its 1.6 version or later.

Dan Ponjican is a blogger at http://www.ShopAndroid.net/ [http://blog.ShopAndroid.net/] and covers all topics relating to Android devices and phones.

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These days technology is everywhere, with many of us carting multiple gadgets around with us from mobile phones to digital cameras, MP3 players to GPS devices in our cars. The Nokia N95 is less a mobile phone and more of a portable office in the palm of your hand. The ability to run applications was stunted too; with not enough memory dedicated to 3rd party applications the phone was prone to crashing or freezing.

The Nokia N95-8GB instantly became the most wanted toy in technology, released at the same time as Apple's iPhone and similarly spec'ed SonyEricsson K850 it was up against stiff competition, but with it being offered for free with some cheap mobile phones contracts it fast became a bestseller and the flagship of Nokia's new multimedia devices.

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