Why look during immobile images when you can get a more 3D perspective of a civic stage? Google’s Maps for Mobile 5 just got previewed on theatre by Andy Rubin during D: Dive Into Mobile — with the prototype Motorola Honeycomb tablet, no less! The greatest visual shift is energetic map sketch: vectors instead of flat images which scale without render hiccups as well as will show the buildings fleshed out for over 100 cities — we gotta say, it looks good. Even more fun is which you can now use two fingers to lean as well as stagger around a map (in addition to relocating and pinch-to-zoom, of course). We’ve been told it’s a much snappier experience, and the storage for these vectors is most smaller than the current images, that brings us to… offline caching. Maps will keep upon file a locations which you go to (and search) many often, as well as it’ll be means to reroute while offline in Navigation. You’ll still need a tie for altering a track exactly — contemptible, subway-hoppers — though once you go, even if you stray, you’ll still be rerouted behind upon track.

Most complicated Android phones from the original Droid leading should be able to enjoy most if not all a brand-new facilities, depending upon hardware capabilities (3D digest as well as “graphic multitouch” hardware await — a Nexus One, interestingly sufficient, supports matrix maps though not a rotate functionality since it lacks the latter multitouch requirements. Google sent us a list of inclination which support 100 percent of 5.0’s features, that you can find after a mangle. The refurbish is due out in a “entrance days,” according to Rubin. Great approach to flog off Nexus S’ launch, afterwards.
Google Maps for Mobile 5.0

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