Google changes direction of sat-nav industry with Android GPS tool

29 Oct 2009

Shares in sat-nav companies bombed today after internet giant Google upset their compass settings with a free sat-nav tool for Android 2.0 mobile phones.

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Photo: The Google Maps Navigation (Beta) tool for Android 2.0 devices.

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