Windows Phone Thoughts: Google Updates Maps for Windows Mobile

"This seems to be the week for Google’s mobile app updates, right? The company has just released a revamped version of the Google Maps for Windows Mobile. The new version comes complete with a couple of changes, including functional route mapping and clearly marked turn-points on every loaded map. The new version is also the first to be released as a stand-alone native Windows Mobile app, having graduated from Java-midlet status. The updates, which bring the software up to version 1.7.1.4, are certainly welcome, but they still fail to bring Google Maps up to par with some of the other mobile mapping solutions currently available. Sure, it’s free, but voice commands never hurt anyone, right?"



Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US and you decide to visit Plymouth, Massachusetts for an authentic original dinner of venison and wild fowl. Now the mobile version will offer route mapping. They offer a java demo on their site. According to their directions, it would take 2 days to get from Redmond, WA to Plymouth, plus 1 minute of traffic delays. It seems a little hopeful for traveling 3,083 miles but looks like you should have left yesterday. :)