Andre Yoskowitz
18 Feb 2011 21:57
Mapquest has released its popular free, turn-by-turn navigation app for Android phones, following its success on iOS.
The GPS app has two notable improvements from the iOS version, however. The app can use speech capabilities and has OpenStreetMap data, meaning it can be used outside of the U.S.
Mapquest says the app (via SELand) is very stable but "still a work in progress."
The company has said that almost 9 million people use the Mapquest mobile site from their smartphones, with 1.4 million of those coming from Android.
Although the new app will likely not move too many users away from Google Maps, it is still good to have options.