{"id":6476,"date":"2009-11-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=6476"},"modified":"2009-11-11T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T10:00:00","slug":"google-maps-navigation-hacked-onto-htc-g1dream-android-phone-video-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/11\/google-maps-navigation-hacked-onto-htc-g1dream-android-phone-video-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Navigation Hacked onto HTC G1\/Dream Android Phone &#8211; Video Within"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since Google&#8217;s announcement of its own Navigation software a few weeks ago, it has created a lot of interest. One of the reasons, I think, is because current Map Navigation Software on the Market is NOT free. Google Maps Navigation (Beta) is free and has a list of features that will make those Navigation Map company rethink their strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Engadget reported that someone from\u00a0 XDA forum has managed to make it work on the G1 Android. So, what is the big deal?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/11\/google-maps-navigation-hacked-onto-htc-g1dream-android-phone-video-within\/google_maps_navigation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/google_maps_navigation.JPG?fit=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"google_maps_navigation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/google_maps_navigation.JPG?fit=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6477 aligncenter\" title=\"google_maps_navigation\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/google_maps_navigation.JPG?resize=540%2C304\" alt=\"google_maps_navigation\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/google_maps_navigation.JPG?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/google_maps_navigation.JPG?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->According to Google, this software can only work on Android 2.0 (Eclair) OS. Currently, only Motorola Droid has this Android 2.0 OS. As expected, XDA forum started to &#8220;poke&#8221; around and finally, they managed to get it working. However, don&#8217;t expect it to be a plug and play kind of solution.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/showthread.php?t=582656\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Read the Thread at XDA Forum<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Here is a list of features on Google Maps Navigation software.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search in plain English<\/li>\n<li>Search by voice<\/li>\n<li>Traffic view<\/li>\n<li>Search along route<\/li>\n<li>Satellite view<\/li>\n<li>Street View<\/li>\n<li>Car dock mode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a video to demo Google Maps Navigation.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tGXK4jKN_jY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>The only setback I can think of is that it uses data streaming to show the information. If your downloading speed is slow, it will definitely be a problem. And if you are on overseas trip, you can forget about using this software as the data charge will be super high (unless you don&#8217;t mind, of course \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/mobile\/navigation\/index.html#p=default\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Google Maps Navigation Website<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/11\/11\/google-navigation-hacked-onto-t-mobile-g1\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Google&#8217;s announcement of its own Navigation software a few weeks ago, it has created a lot of interest. One of the reasons, I think, is because current Map Navigation Software on the Market is NOT free. 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