In all honestly, GMaps deteriorated realm fast, much like the demo video circulating around, very long hourglassing on startup... same story as always. However in my frustration I discovered the new Bing HTML5 site and it is fast! check it out, just go to bing.com on your phone! I'm done with Gmaps
i am sure google will upgrade their apps for bb soon. the hardware limitations are now history, specially graphix acceleration. this really matters, since rendering the maps will be a lot faster and can handle more complex stuff now. google is interested in people using their apps on every device and os, and i am sure they won't forget bb's.
i am sure google will upgrade their apps for bb soon. the hardware limitations are now history, specially graphix acceleration. this really matters, since rendering the maps will be a lot faster and can handle more complex stuff now. google is interested in people using their apps on every device and os, and i am sure they won't forget bb's.
Same here, very annoying that there's no 'pinch-and-zoom', plus tapping on the screen just selects a point, doesn't zoom like the iphone version. Hopefully Google will update this to reflect the popularity of the new BB touchscreen models. Do they even make a maps app for the playbook?
I still get hourglass for maybe 20 seconds loading on google maps. I gave up on it and use Bing, it's faster in loading maps but slower on pulling your location a bit. Seems erratic.
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maybe thats's something to do with the memory cache? once in a while i just reset the whole app by going to help and restart google maps... after that you should be good for a while...
Something that I absolutely love about Google Maps for Android that isn't available on iOS and OS7 is that it will actually point me in the direction that I'm facing. This is HUGE living in Manhattan and coming out of subway stations in areas where you don't go to. It can get really confusing at times trying to figure out which direction you're facing. Manhattanites and tourists alike get confused.
Same here, very annoying that there's no 'pinch-and-zoom', plus tapping on the screen just selects a point, doesn't zoom like the iphone version. Hopefully Google will update this to reflect the popularity of the new BB touchscreen models. Do they even make a maps app for the playbook?
You do have I-zoom in O-zoom out, better then pinch to zoom.
I just tried pinch to zoom in BB Maps and it works.
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Something that I absolutely love about Google Maps for Android that isn't available on iOS and OS7 is that it will actually point me in the direction that I'm facing. This is HUGE living in Manhattan and coming out of subway stations in areas where you don't go to. It can get really confusing at times trying to figure out which direction you're facing. Manhattanites and tourists alike get confused.
Yep, I missed that feature too. Sadly google will always make the android app superior for apparent reasons.
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