One of the best things to come out of the smartphone revolution was that we got to throw away all those bits of paper in our pockets along with the 10 minutes before we left home of poring over maps trying to work out where we were going to go. GPS-enabled...

One of the main reasons for choosing an Android smartphone is all the extra Google loveliness that comes in tow. Things like a better Gmail client, decent YouTube player and better integrated Google connectivity all enrich the Android experience. 

One...

Google Maps has gone and given itself a new 3D helicopter view that allows you to preview your journeys from above. 

The idea is that as previous versions of Google Maps didn't give you a good feeling for terrain as they were top down, the...

The reach of Google Maps just went locomotive, with the launch of Google Maps 5.7 for Android which introduces Transit Navigation in beta form.

Transit Navigation is the latest addition to the Navigation beta within the Android version of Maps,...

Traffic is a massive problem in any city. Governments have implemented methods to try and deal with it but few appear to have proved succesful. In-car satnav manufacturer TomTom, however, believes they can succeed where governments have failed.

Satnav...

Google has announced that it will be adding traffic avoidance features to its free Google Maps Navigation application, allowing you to skirt around traffic and avoid hours of boredom in your car.

If the idea of that sounds familiar, it’s...

Google Maps 5 has just been released to the Android Market, meaning you can scurry out and update your Google Android devices.

This isn’t just an incremental update but one that brings in a whole new range of features, as we told you...

Google has announced some nifty updates to its Maps service on Android, including the extremely useful (for illiterate map readers at least) walking navigation function.

Google Maps for mobile Beta 4.5 adds the ability to use your phone's GPS...

If you thought that Google Maps Navigation coming to the UK on android handsets was a marker that it would be hopping over to the iPhone any time soon, your hopes are likely to be dashed as the company has just gone on record saying there are no plans...

UK Android owners - get out the bunting. It appears that overnight the turn-by-turn navigation feature so beloved of US users has been enabled for Brits running the 4.1.1 Google Maps beta.

We've got it running on a Nexus One in the UK, and...

Nokia may have made a splash with free navigation application for a small handful of Symbian phones but this stuff's been around for ages. If you don't happen to own an N97 Mini, then here are five other free navigation apps for your mobile phone,...

Google has announced that all handsets running Android 1.6 will now be able to get Google Maps Navigation for free.

The news, which was announced on Monday, opens up the free GPS software beyond the Android 2.0 operating system and currently...

RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry handsets, is hoping to appeal to gamers in the future with an announcement that it will be supporting the OpenGL ES technology in its handsets.

The news, which was announced at the company's developer conference...

TomTom and Garmin saw their share prices plunge on Wednesday, supposedly following the announcement from Google that it was entering the "Real time" navigation sector.

The news coincidently came as TomTom announced poor Q3 results with earnings...

Google has said that it has no plans at present to offer Google Maps Navigation on other platforms like the iPhone or BlackBerry handsets for the time being, but hinted that might not always be the case.

"It's currently only available for the...