Comments on: Motorola Droid: Google Navigation Review (Part 1)

By: Sterfgeval

Sterfgeval — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:21:07 +0000

4D! lol maybe 4WD? I don’t understand the mixup between the maps and navigation either.. let’s hope they’ll update fast.

By: bobsyourmom

bobsyourmom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:35:48 +0000

try saying navigate to best buy.

By: SandinistaBR

SandinistaBR — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:18:07 +0000

wow, at 6:57am? You were really excited to make this review, huh?
I hope they release the voice feature for the portuguese language soon (I live in Brazil and I own an HTC Hero black “chin” edition)

Thanks and regards!

By: element4life24

element4life24 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:28:19 +0000

why are u complaining? its already better than all the gps system on the market.

By: element4life24

element4life24 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:44:10 +0000

its still in beta chill out man

By: orbanbalage

orbanbalage — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:20:28 +0000

exactly, you have to say “navigate to best buy”

By: f5ferrari

f5ferrari — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:51:34 +0000

Surely if you said something like, “Best Buy in Kentucky” it would select/display the correct Best Buy for you?

By: bidossessi

bidossessi — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:59:13 +0000

Nice review. 2comments tho:
1- I really think the OS expects you to use keywords like map and navigate to get what you want.
2- did you try pressing “home” to get back to the car home?

By: jrBunny1979

jrBunny1979 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:51:56 +0000

VOICE ACTIVATED SEARCH!

Suck on that iphone fanboys!

Suck it hard and don’t you dare spit it out!

By: ScannerBrightly

ScannerBrightly — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:58:49 +0000

how about trying saying “Directions to Best Buy” instead of just “best buy”.

By: stellarspellar

stellarspellar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:56 +0000

I hope a Google engineer sees this video. You are providing excellent feedback, Phandroid. Keep up the good work!

By: AccurateShooter

AccurateShooter — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:09:13 +0000

TIP: Say “Navigate to Best Buy”. The Droid will then by-pass the google search results.

I agree that when you’re already in the Car App it should give navigation by default.

The other feature I wish it had was a command to zoom from full route map to directions. (Maybe it can do that easily but it took me a number of steps).

By: ystasino

ystasino — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:12:19 +0000

what happens if in addition to your destination you speak the word “map”

By: ihitwithpower

ihitwithpower — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:41:41 +0000

He is making this much harder than is really is, like you just have to say navigate first and it by passes on those other steps…. should do homework before making video.

By: mnguyea

mnguyea — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:30:31 +0000

Dude, the fricken thing is free. It works fantastic. I have no complaints. It beats spending $100 dollars for a Tom Tom.
Yes, there is some quirks but I’m sure Google will eventually work it out because it is still in BETA.

Secondly, it is navigate to Best Buy and it goes to the closest area to your location.

Thirdly, I do agree that it is hard to get out of the 3d vs 2d.

By: kthrasher413

kthrasher413 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:55:32 +0000

Who is up at 7:05

By: MaxBobcat

MaxBobcat — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:53:58 +0000

This guy doesn’t really know how to use Google Navigator. Say navigate to best buy instead of just best buy!

By: deef3

deef3 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:01:01 +0000

yeah, review fail

By: deef3

deef3 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:57:54 +0000

It doesn’t go straight to maps because when the phone is in the dock, it’s in car mode. So it’s handsfree. The phone does what you tell it.

By: willgrello

willgrello — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:11:48 +0000

yes you have to say “navigate” or “directions to” and it will take you straight to the nav. screen.