3UK have announced they are the first MNO in Europe to launch Google Maps version 2.
The new version of Google Maps requires a 3G connection, and uses GPS to find your location – in addition to being able to provide you directions to service you might require.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve found the general GPS experience on mobile devices to be a littel lacklustre to-date. However, I do remember being wowed when I downed the Java version of Google Maps v1 to an SEM K800i, and then zooming in on my house (using the photo overlay)!
So which is it? Interesting toy, or genuinely useful? I’d love to say that GPS requires a specialist device, but my Sat Nav (by a very well-known manufacturer) has been nothing but trouble!
We’d love to hear your thoughts on whether GPS, or an value-add application such as Google Maps, could be the next ‘killer app’…
[Via: 3G.co.uk]