October 12, 2006
Google Maps for Treo 600, 650 and 700p
Google just added support for the Treo 600, Treo 650 and Treo 700p to their Google Maps Mobile software (a client application that runs on your phone). Looks pretty good, and includes the ability to see the current traffic conditions along your route, which ironically the main Google Maps software can't do. (Thanks to GirlPurple for the link, via Jill!)
Posted by bug to Search at October 12, 2006 4:07 PM | TrackBackNeat. So why did it decide to show me a map centered on San Francisco the first time I ran it (and after I totally cleared its memory)? Is it reading data from my address book? My phone's phone number? Does everyone get SF? I'm pretty sure it's not using GPS, since it's just the center of the city that it's centered on, rather than my home address or my current location.
The network latency makes it a bit less pleasant to use than the mapping software that came with my GPS receiver, but still pretty neat.
Posted by: Death at October 13, 2006 10:04 PMGoogle's campus is based in San Francisco
Posted by: anonymous at January 30, 2007 2:36 PMActually, they're in Mountain View.
Posted by: Bug at February 1, 2007 9:38 AM