Google Maps for Mobile 5, well again not for webOS :( - Page 2

barkerja · 12/15/2010, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by alvaro_qc

The real question is why is Google developing OUR maps apps instead of HP/Palm. We all know that Google will always prefer its OS over webOS, so we shouldn't expect a lot of love from them. If HP/Palm were the developers of the google maps app, I'm shure it would be better than that crap we have nowadays

Google didn't develop anything for Palm/webOS. The maps app is nothing more than a container for Google Maps Mobile. The maps application (if you can call it that) Palm did develop.

gizmo21 · 12/16/2010, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by barkerja

Google didn't develop anything for Palm/webOS. The maps app is nothing more than a container for Google Maps Mobile. The maps application (if you can call it that) Palm did develop.

oouuggh - that's a big finding. i think this was never mentioned here at precentral.

but still Buzz and latitude is missing on webos menu, so we could have more than that. anyone into patching it?

kanaka · 12/16/2010, 06:58 AM

Google Maps/Navigation have in essence become Android exclusives. Even the iOS app hasn't been updated since iOS 2.2. A lot of people are now doing/looking to do their own maps (Microsoft/Apple) so they aren't held to ransom by Google.

Wayne173 · 12/16/2010, 08:57 AM

I to think that HPalm nneds to either throw money @ Google for better map support. But also look @ it this way...HP is basically a cell phone start up company. Even though there cell phone OS is WebOS, they are still newcomers. Mapping is not a big issue right now....better hardware is!! Once new devices and a polished 2.X comes out then we should hopefully see HPalm request or Google support. Better yet just build there own!!

emuneee · 12/16/2010, 09:48 AM

Correction: Google does develop Map clients for other platforms, those platforms being Windows Mobile 6, Symbian, and Blackberry. However, I'm pretty sure these days the focus is on Android. I don't know when the last time any other platform received an update.

All the APIs are public, so there is nothing stopping anyone else from updating/creating their own client.

12/16/2010, 06:58 AM	#23 (permalink)
kanaka Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 177 Likes Received: 6 Thanks: 34 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Google Maps/Navigation have in essence become Android exclusives. Even the iOS app hasn't been updated since iOS 2.2. A lot of people are now doing/looking to do their own maps (Microsoft/Apple) so they aren't held to ransom by Google.
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12/16/2010, 08:57 AM	#24 (permalink)
Wayne173 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The United State of Texas Posts: 261 Likes Received: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts	I to think that HPalm nneds to either throw money @ Google for better map support. But also look @ it this way...HP is basically a cell phone start up company. Even though there cell phone OS is WebOS, they are still newcomers. Mapping is not a big issue right now....better hardware is!! Once new devices and a polished 2.X comes out then we should hopefully see HPalm request or Google support. Better yet just build there own!!
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12/16/2010, 09:48 AM	#25 (permalink)
emuneee Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 96 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts	Correction: Google does develop Map clients for other platforms, those platforms being Windows Mobile 6, Symbian, and Blackberry. However, I'm pretty sure these days the focus is on Android. I don't know when the last time any other platform received an update. All the APIs are public, so there is nothing stopping anyone else from updating/creating their own client.
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