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[APP] G-Shotgun (Release: April 21 ...)

Hey folks!
Me and Mr. Nick are currently working on the G-Shotgun app, which is the wm equivalent to the iPhone app "Shotgun Free".
All credit for programming goes to Mr. Nick, many thanks!
I'm very happy to announce that our problem is solved and G-shotgun will be released today!
Suggestions about the graphics or future functions are still more than welcome! The app doesn't have to be exactly like the iPhone version does it?
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there's something similar on pccgeeks (last post on page 2), but it's not so good (ugly graphics and some work to do on sensor as well). But maybe you can cohoperate with mike to release a good app

bbonzz said:
there's something similar on pccgeeks (last post on page 2), but it's not so good (ugly graphics and some work to do on sensor as well). But maybe you can cohoperate with mike to release a good app
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seems like a good idea! but I just don't feel like registering on ppcgeeks just to contact him. maybe you could ask him about it?

of course, gonna pm him

bbonzz said:
of course, gonna pm him
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thank you,

done, let's see if he comes out here

Cool, this beats the beer drinking g-sensor app any day.

bbonzz said:
there's something similar on pccgeeks (last post on page 2), but it's not so good (ugly graphics and some work to do on sensor as well). But maybe you can cohoperate with mike to release a good app
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Thanks guys, but ...
Would not call the graphics ugly ... squished up a bit, but not ugly - It is a real shotgun! taken from Google images. :S - It was however the only one I could find that looked good on the small screen.
By all means if there is a better graphic, including animated pump action, I will use it and re-release!
And .. this was my first sensor app, so the sensor code was twitchy. I have since worked out better code and when I get time (the next week or so) I will re-code and release the new version.
Mike.

yes mike, you're right: with "ugly" i meant the image is not displayed as it should. That's why, seeing Shoddy shout, i thought you can work together to release a great app

dvdfilmbuff said:
By all means if there is a better graphic, including animated pump action, I will use it and re-release!
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sounds good to me.
I have a couple of questions though..
is your app currently working as the "Shotgun Free" app? if not, could you add the features from shotgun free to your code? Because my graphics are almost (it's supposed to) the same as that app.
and.. would you mind changing the name to "G-Shotgun"? I think it sounds better than "Virtual Shotgun" or what it is you call it.

guys, i hope you'll consider also a wvga version for us poor HD users

bbonzz said:
guys, i hope you'll consider also a wvga version for us poor HD users
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of course.. there's no doubt I'll make the wvga graphics. let's see with Mike.

Looks pretty cool should be fun to use during class =p

TrizO said:
Looks pretty cool should be fun to use during class =p
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yeah, probably

TrizO said:
Looks pretty cool should be fun to use during class =p
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That would go off well. Columbine all over again. God bless their souls.

just to warn you guys. the shotgun app from PPCgeeks doesn't work while dredsensor is enabled.

nir36 said:
just to warn you guys. the shotgun app from PPCgeeks doesn't work while dredsensor is enabled.
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well that's good to know, thanks

yea an WQVGA

What is goin on with this app now?
Has it been released?
What is the wing speed velocity of a sparrow?

mightycaz said:
What is goin on with this app now?
Has it been released?
What is the wing speed velocity of a sparrow?
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The programmer has been afk for quite a while now ... so I have no idea..
No
Depends on the sparrow right?

Froyo to support animated gif

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3422#c151
See comment 151. I wonder why you need a lot of RAM for that. So I guess only the Nexus One and the Milestone and the future high end Android phones will be able to display animated gif.

NexusDro said:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3422#c151
See comment 151. I wonder why you need a lot of RAM for that. So I guess only the Nexus One and the Milestone and the future high end Android phones will be able to display animated gif.
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Cyanogen's latest ROM already does!
This is why rooting is the way to go..

Eclair~ said:
Cyanogen's latest ROM already does!
This is why rooting is the way to go..
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5.0.6? And in the browser?

Does it support only in the browser? Or will it support it in the gallery too.
I always get those neat forwards...but they always show up as a video and it kind of sucks

mudrock1000 said:
Does it support only in the browser? Or will it support it in the gallery too.
I always get those neat forwards...but they always show up as a video and it kind of sucks
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The changelog for Cyanogen rom is here: http://github.com/cyanogen/android_vendor_cyanogen/blob/eclair/CHANGELOG
Looks like he took Google's source and added it to the browser, but it doesn't say anything about animated .gifs in mms's

mudrock1000 said:
Does it support only in the browser? Or will it support it in the gallery too.
I always get those neat forwards...but they always show up as a video and it kind of sucks
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I use handcent messaging app. It shows all the gifs when people send em...

Oh well i just remember I came from Cricket and a samsung messenger (I didn't need a smartphone back then) and it always looped the gif, and played it in the gallery. I kind of miss that lol.

They work perfectly in the browser. Don't know about just normal gallery..

Eclair~ said:
Cyanogen's latest ROM already does!
This is why rooting is the way to go..
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Some people don't want to run other rom's on their phone.

GldRush98 said:
Some people don't want to run other rom's on their phone.
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I know, but there is really no negative effect other than voiding your warranty. Well, at least in my eyes. Cyanogen is a very trustworthy ROM distributor..

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Some people don't want to run other rom's on their phone.
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Amen. I rooted my g1 but I just don't want to anymore. Plus I feel like I shouldn't have to. Google should take care of us, and I'm sure they will I just wish they'd throw us a bone

cyanogen has added this function from google's code drop to 5.0.6.

mcampbe said:
cyanogen has added this function from google's code drop to 5.0.6.
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Where do I get this?

Not stable yet, still testing. If you feel of a mind I spied the download over at his site.

Eclair~ said:
I know, but there is really no negative effect other than voiding your warranty. Well, at least in my eyes. Cyanogen is a very trustworthy ROM distributor..
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I rooted day one.
I will likely never run another rom other then the one from Google.
I played the whole rom game on Windows Mobile and it never made me happy.
I'm not doing it with my beautiful Nexus One

DMaverick50 said:
Amen. I rooted my g1 but I just don't want to anymore. Plus I feel like I shouldn't have to. Google should take care of us, and I'm sure they will I just wish they'd throw us a bone
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Then you shouldn't expect the updates at the same rate rooted owners get them, you get major updates fast compared to the likes of iPhone OS and Web OSs

GldRush98 said:
I rooted day one.
I will likely never run another rom other then the one from Google.
I played the whole rom game on Windows Mobile and it never made me happy.
I'm not doing it with my beautiful Nexus One
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Same here. I'm rooted but stock as well... custom roms just aren't for me...

another update before 31st launch?

an insider told me:
"the software I am running is beta. there was already an update since I ran the quadrant benchmark. There will be another one before/at launch."

noobnl said:
an insider told me:
"the software I am running is beta. there was already an update since I ran the quadrant benchmark. There will be another one before/at launch."
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Probably gonna be touchwiz being updated

chococrazy said:
Probably gonna be touchwiz being updated
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I sure hope so. I really like the music player in touchwiz
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koolhand79 said:
I sure hope so. I really like the music player in touchwiz
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Doubt it. They might have to change the user manual if they do upgrade to the TW 3.0 and that takes time to publish.
However, Samsung/Sprint's user manual are not thorough. So they could purposely leave out these additional "features" and put them on an updated PDF file user manual on their website.

ConceptVBS said:
Doubt it. They might have to change the user manual if they do upgrade to the TW 3.0 and that takes time to publish.
However, Samsung/Sprint's user manual are not thorough. So they could purposely leave out these additional "features" and put them on an updated PDF file user manual on their website.
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I was under the impression it already had TW 3.0....

noobnl said:
an insider told me:
"the software I am running is beta. there was already an update since I ran the quadrant benchmark. There will be another one before/at launch."
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Is it possibble you can pm me or post a link to your benchmark results. Thanks
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Kcarpenter said:
I was under the impression it already had TW 3.0....
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Samsung went build backwards on us ,They call it 2.5.
It lacks music player , FM Radio and some other goodies.

sling said:
Samsung went build backwards on us ,They call it 2.5.
It lacks music player , FM Radio and some other goodies.
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nope. it is 2.5. the app dock at the bottom cannot be changed. home screen cannot be moved or removed. music is similar to the stock android player which is very basic. no equalizer in the music player. it is definitely not 3.0. not sure y they did not add all those features. i dont understand why it costs $250 as the only extra thing is the keyboard, led flash and vga cam. rest all features are either similar or lesser than what is provided in captivate and vibrant which are available on amazon now for $49 and $0.01 respectively. $250 is simply ridiculous.

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nope. it is 2.5. the app dock at the bottom cannot be changed. home screen cannot be moved or removed. music is similar to the stock android player which is very basic. no equalizer in the music player. it is definitely not 3.0. not sure y they did not add all those features. i dont understand why it costs $250 as the only extra thing is the keyboard, led flash and vga cam. rest all features are either similar or lesser than what is provided in captivate and vibrant which are available on amazon now for $49 and $0.01 respectively. $250 is simply ridiculous.
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Also your forgetting the multicolor notification light, and once again AMAZON is selling those other phones for $49.99 and $.01. What do you think amazon will sell the EPIC 4G for? I guarantee you it won't be $250 unless the phone is consistently sold out. Wait til a month after the epic 4g has been out like how the vibrant and captivate have been and then see what it is going for on amazon. If I go to the carrier websites they still want $200 for the phones. You are being completely unfair in your comparisons.

coolkams03 said:
nope. it is 2.5. the app dock at the bottom cannot be changed. home screen cannot be moved or removed. music is similar to the stock android player which is very basic. no equalizer in the music player. it is definitely not 3.0. not sure y they did not add all those features.
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You lost me there.
I basically stated that 2.5 was a step backwards lacking goodies found in 3.0.

ConceptVBS said:
Doubt it. They might have to change the user manual if they do upgrade to the TW 3.0 and that takes time to publish.
However, Samsung/Sprint's user manual are not thorough. So they could purposely leave out these additional "features" and put them on an updated PDF file user manual on their website.
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The spec doc that was published yesterday has TW 2.5 listed in it.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...nd-devices/android_phones/epic?view=documents
I'm with you: I wouldn't expect TW 3.0 by launch. It is strange that they'd go with 2.5 though...

Aww man no fm radio! wtf my touch pro 2 didn't have on either, that sucks

B-Real206 said:
Aww man no fm radio! wtf my touch pro 2 didn't have on either, that sucks
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Supposedly it'll have the hardware for FM radio, but it doesn't sound like it'll be usable without a custom ROM or hacking
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/epic-general-discussion/outstanding-spec-questions/
Someone else linked that originally...don't remember where or who, but thanks.

Thanks, any idea why they disable it.

B-Real206 said:
Thanks, any idea why they disable it.
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Its the carriers who decides what to put on their phones. Samsung builds it to their request.

ConceptVBS said:
Its the carriers who decides what to put on their phones. Samsung builds it to their request.
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I would think it's a matter of both Sprint and Samsung deciding the specs. The reasons for axing it could come down to cost of development, bugs, etc., too.
IIRC, there was a case of a phone sharing some of the same hardware as the N1; the N1 had FM radio and the other did not. Modders found that they had the chipset for radio and were able to add it. Similar events have happened with phones that are wireless N capable but were not released with software that enabled it.
Either way, I'm pretty confident modders will get FM radio working on the Epic.

2.1 limitations and possible work arounds

It would appear that our long wait is drawing to end and the 2.1 should be released shortly. Unfortunately, there are some features that us soon to be 2.1 owners might still be missing to complete our X10 experience.
In order to get a jump on future improvements this thread is a place where you can comment on features that you would like to see added/cooked to our X10's after the revision.
What feature would you like to see added? Portable HotSpots, Voice Command over Bluetooth, Data backup, 10.1, etc...
Or, maybe you know about an existing work around and would like to spread the word?

Portable hotspots can be done now (with root access)...Barnacle WiFi Tether from the Market.
Besides for Flash and the speed improvements, I don't really need Froyo. Automatic app updates would be nice, and voice commands too, but I doubt I'd ever really use that.

I've already used froyo on my nexus one when I had it and I couldn't care less for froyo. 2.1 is most definitely good enough for me. 720p video recording, 16million colors is all I want. Mt doesn't matter either. 2.1 drops and ill be set.
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unfortunatley it looks like there will be no 16m colors.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781692

chris_knows said:
Portable hotspots can be done now (with root access)...Barnacle WiFi Tether from the Market.
Besides for Flash and the speed improvements, I don't really need Froyo. Automatic app updates would be nice, and voice commands too, but I doubt I'd ever really use that.
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Thanks for the info on Barnacle. Have you used it? Maybe this is a silly question, but I know you lose SE updates with root. Would auto app updates still work from a rooted device?
And, 10.1 yeah that is a pretty big one. I really don't need a cell phone/portable device, but since I have it, 10.1 is a big yes. Kind of THE reason I purchased the X10.

fm1776 said:
And, 10.1 yeah that is a pretty big one. I really don't need a cell phone/portable device, but since I have it, 10.1 is a big yes. Kind of THE reason I purchased the X10.
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You purchased a phone based on it's potential ability to run an incredibly useless web plug-in?
Do you really like advertisements?

Slowmotion video recording, just as new droid has.

tigger69 said:
unfortunatley it looks like there will be no 16m colors.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781692
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Well if this turns out to be true there will be even more upset X10 owners than there already are.

iead1 said:
You purchased a phone based on it's potential ability to run an incredibly useless web plug-in?
Do you really like advertisements?
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This is a friendly thread, please no personal attacks or flaming.

Wonder that with a rooted mobile app can get payment is via market, hotspots, screenshot, but not an app that can do that stored on the sdcard instead of internal...Sorry for my semi OT...

dong2007 said:
Wonder that with a rooted mobile app can get payment is via market, hotspots, screenshot, but not an app that can do that stored on the sdcard instead of internal...Sorry for my semi OT...
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It never crossed my mind. A valid point.
Apps to sdcard would be a blessing. I hope this could be added. It would make a root worth while.

fm1776 said:
This is a friendly thread, please no personal attacks or flaming.
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Not a personal attack or flaming.
I'm curious to why Flash is needed on a mobile phone. The option to have it is nice, but it not being there is definitely not a drawback. Most big video sites use HTML5 for video now, and for the few that don't, Skyfire works fine in loading the videos up. The only other things Flash is used for is ads, games and poorly designed websites. For games, 95% would control absolutely awfully, due to the lack of physical controls on the device. And no one wants to view ads if they don't have to.
Hence, my reasoning for not considering a "lack" of Flash as a "limitation" of 2.1.

fm1776 said:
Well if this turns out to be true there will be even more upset X10 owners than there already are.
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The thing is, we all bought this phone knowing it supports 65k colors.
SE didn't say anywhere that it will get 16mil with 2.1 upgrade ... or anything else.
People assumed is a 1.6 downside (like the 256Mb ram vs 384) and because the mini was advertised as 16mil it means X10 has it too.
Time will tell if is a driver issue or hardware issue

Not having 16m colors is kind of a bummer. Not really needed though.
All i'm really looking forward to at this point is the app compatibility. Anything else is just icing on the cake.

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Not a personal attack or flaming.
I'm curious to why Flash is needed on a mobile phone. The option to have it is nice, but it not being there is definitely not a drawback. Most big video sites use HTML5 for video now, and for the few that don't, Skyfire works fine in loading the videos up. The only other things Flash is used for is ads, games and poorly designed websites. For games, 95% would control absolutely awfully, due to the lack of physical controls on the device. And no one wants to view ads if they don't have to.
Hence, my reasoning for not considering a "lack" of Flash as a "limitation" of 2.1.
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It's needed because it's highly desired and also available on other phones - I don't mean to sound cynical or rhetoric but I certainly want it for a variety of reasons. It's not as bad as you make it out to be. Even so, many people like myself highly desire this.

unfortunatley it looks like there will be no 16m colors.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781692
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They say "at this time" which tells me not with 2.1 but maybe with that updtate to timescape/mediascape they are talking about....if not I think I will be a unhappy camper.
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fm1776 said:
It never crossed my mind. A valid point.
Apps to sdcard would be a blessing. I hope this could be added. It would make a root worth while.
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+1, only thing i'd really really like to see enginered to our 2.1 is app2sd. Not that i have so many apps it's a total need for it, just becouse i like it that way. Feels better to have a clean rom. Easier to re-flash and play around with cooked roms without having to re-install all apps aswell.
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Not sure how many people have seen this and whether they believe it to be real.
http://www.xperiax10.net/2010/09/11/android-roadmap-leaked-for-xperia-x10-family/
I reckon the chance of getting anything additional to whats been listed (If this is real) are fairly low taking into account the SE software development speed we've come to know and love.
"Most truths we're once deemed blasphemies"

Reeonimus said:
Not having 16m colors is kind of a bummer. Not really needed though.
All i'm really looking forward to at this point is the app compatibility. Anything else is just icing on the cake.
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It doesn't really effect me either. But I know that there will be people who might be left wanting.
We all want different things from our X10's. The idea of the thread is that we high light what is important to each of us. And, we can post work around as we find them.

bongd said:
It's needed because it's highly desired and also available on other phones - I don't mean to sound cynical or rhetoric but I certainly want it for a variety of reasons. It's not as bad as you make it out to be. Even so, many people like myself highly desire this.
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I am with you on that. If I could only ask for one thing it would start with 10.1.
Not saying that there isn't a list of other things that I would like. Such as apps2sd. We can only hope and wait for someone to either come up with a work around or buy a device with more features.

Nexus one does NOT support Google Maps 5 100%

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/google-maps-for-mobile-5-unveiled-adds-dynamic-map-drawing-and/

Gotta love the glitches that we paid for!!

Blame HTC. But they make phones made if steel and uranium and not plastic so it all evens out.

That's stupid! I thought Google would have been more "picky" in regards to the hardware the "Development" phones would have...guess not!
Well, I don't really care about the full multitouch, as long as i can somehow get maps 5 on my phone later on. Maybe add a onscreen gesture control (like a d-pad)

Oh they can finally make use of the N1 trackpad for the rotation control.

NexusDro said:
Oh they can finally make use of the N1 trackpad for the rotation control.
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This is google and adnroid apps we're talking about.
Expect to see it's usefulness in Icee.

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Oh they can finally make use of the N1 trackpad for the rotation control.
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Trackball is a plus, I agree

I noticed Desire HD/Z not on the list. Do these phones also seriously have the MT issue?

ignore me...

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I noticed Desire HD/Z not on the list. Do these phones also seriously have the MT issue?
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The G2 is on the list, so by extension I don't see why the Desire Z wouldn't support it 100% as well. They're basically the same platform after all.

If its just multi touch that the N1 is not 100% compatible with, thats fine, I can live with that. 99% compatible

I don't understand this new version of Google maps.
Andy Rubin was saying that you can now use Google maps navigation while offline?

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I don't understand this new version of Google maps.
Andy Rubin was saying that you can now use Google maps navigation while offline?
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It saves data on your most recent routes and often travelled routes I believe. This seems like it's a worthy update but I would appreciate it if I could just stick all of north america on my SD card like nokia's ovi maps. This is definitely better than no caching, provided the maps don't take up a whole lot of internal memory.

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It saves data on your most recent routes and often travelled routes I believe. This seems like it's a worthy update but I would appreciate it if I could just stick all of north america on my SD card like nokia's ovi maps. This is definitely better than no caching, provided the maps don't take up a whole lot of internal memory.
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Wow
Pretty effin' amazing there Google...
Thanks for the reply OJ

For me, the problem is the n1 gpu.... the only thing this phone misses...
I mean there's a lot f 3d in there.... Idk if n1 can handle it

It'll work for the N1. Trust me.
By hook or by crook.
XDA ftw!

Theres an app for the iphone where you can choose an area and download it to the phone.
Thats what we need.
So the only data you need to download "on the road" for navigation is the route and traffic information.
Of course it also needs some sort of update feature for the offline data, in case something changed.

zipredictive said:
For me, the problem is the n1 gpu.... the only thing this phone misses...
I mean there's a lot f 3d in there.... Idk if n1 can handle it
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N1 has GPU which is plenty fast. In fact, microsoft currently bets it's whole WP7 platform on it.
And Gingerbread Platform Highlights say, that:
Updated video drivers — The platform uses updated third-party video drivers that improve the efficiency of OpenGL ES operations, for faster overall 3D graphics performance.
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draugaz said:
N1 has GPU which is plenty fast. In fact, microsoft currently bets it's whole WP7 platform on it.
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That seems stupid not to at least go with the one in the Hummingbird CPU instead of Snapdragon. . . it's 4 times faster.

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They don't as they're vector-based maps. The new Google Maps update looks really great.