Google Maps for WM05

[Stillrockin]

Sorry if this is old news, but I just saw where googlemaps is now available for WM. I know this is a very slick app for the Palm OS, and I figured you WM guys would like to be aware if you weren't . . Again, sorry if this is old news. I don't know how long its been offered, as I just came across it . .

[epic53]

I had to change over to 700W (thanks alot Verizon) and I missed Google Maps. This is great news. I just installed and I feel much better.

[terp]

Originally Posted by Stillrockin

Sorry if this is old news, but I just saw where googlemaps is now available for WM. I know this is a very slick app for the Palm OS, and I figured you WM guys would like to be aware if you weren't . . Again, sorry if this is old news. I don't know how long its been offered, as I just came across it . .

Thanks for the notification. I had no idea this was available for WM. I installed yesterday and can't believe how fast it is. If I can get my GPS working correctly with it I'll just have realized I wasted $300 on CoPilot.

CoPilot does a good job, but it is a resource hog (sometimes I have to soft reset to get it working), there's no integration with contacts [edit: meant to say contact integration is too slow to make it worthwhile using] or calendar on my Treo and there's no paste capability (you can't copy and paste from contacts or calendar into CoPilot). I do like the built in voice directions and the ability to reroute if you get lost. Oh yeah, and there's the fact that 25% of the addresses I put in are not recognized correctly and when you put in a city you have to select from multiple counties. There are just some weird usability quirks with CoPilot. From what I can tell there is no map update function for CoPilot until a new version is released.

You'll need an unlimited data plan for your Treo if you want to take full advantage of Google Mobile Maps, otherwise you'll be paying significant data usage charges.

[nextel0582]

where can i get this and is it free?I would probably be willnig to pay anyway.

[terp]

Originally Posted by nextel0582

where can i get this and is it free?I would probably be willnig to pay anyway.

it is linked in the first post

go to www.google.com/gmm on your Treo

[epic53]

Originally Posted by terp

it is linked in the first post

go to www.google.com/gmm on your Treo

For some reason I had a bit of trouble downloading and then doing a sync. So use moblie browser and it worked great.

Thanks again for notifying us of the availability.

[aching]

can someone please walk me through how to install google maps.

thank you

[Darren]

Visit Google Mobile Maps --> self-explanatory

[aching]

Thank you, it works great

Originally Posted by Darren

Visit Google Mobile Maps --> self-explanatory

n/a

[kc0rah]

Its a great program! But can anyone help me get the GPS capabilities to work?? Google program searches for my gps and cant find it. I've turned the internal gps on instead of just available to 911. Is there another setting I'm not aware of??

Thanks