Several weeks ago, Google made some serious waves when it launched Google Maps Navigation for Android. The app made Google an instant player in the GPS market. To add insult to injury, Google made the app free, which has ravaged share prices for Garmin and TomTom.
Still, the app was only launched for the Android 2.0 platform, so only newer phones like the Droid could use Google Maps Navigation. But now the search giant has rectified that situation with the launch of Google Maps Navigation for Android 1.6 (Donut) phones.
The upgrade to Google Maps includes most of the basic GPS navigation features: voice guidance, automatic route recalculation, business information, and traffic data, among other features. That's along with Google Maps and Wikipedia information and, of course, Street View.