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There will be turn by turn Apps... but I dont think they are allowed to use Google Maps...

EliteABombAZ

Mar 17, 2009, 4:24 PM
Navteq doesn't license maps to Google for turn by turn. That is why Google maps doesn't have realtime turn by turn and Google maps is a free product. Navteq makes money licensing the maps to Garmin, Tom Tom, etc.

AndNav 1 for Android was a victim of this. It used Google maps. So AndNav 2 uses freeware maps... but it isn't as good.
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