Google Maps is the first Android app to pass 50 million installations milestone
market.android.com/details?id=com.google.andr...Posted Apr 13, 2011, 2:05 AM UTC
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Hi fellow Gingerbread users, is anyone else experiencing a massive battery drain from Google Maps?
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No but Gingerbread did break part of adw launcher ex for me. Well Cyanogen did anyway.
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I'm running miui gb on my Desire. The other day I left Google Navigation running for half an hour by accident in my pocket - battery was down to 35% D:
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Nexus S had to uninstall GM update to get battery usage in order.
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I had to freeze the app with TiBu. I rarely use maps anyways. There was another update yesterday or so. I'll try that one again, maybe it fixed the issue.
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No but Gingerbread did break part of adw launcher ex for me. Well Cyanogen did anyway.
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I think it's definitely the best app out there, when all the features and snazzy look of it are considered. They really outdid themselves with that app.
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Doesn't google maps come preinstalled with every handset?
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Depends; some phones come with Nuvi or Bing Maps.
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Even more than GMail - impressive.
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Google Maps for Android is so much cooler than the browser version...will there ever be a chrome app or desktop version that is as awesome?
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That's probably because it fully reinstalls itself every time it updates. At least it does on my phone. It's kind of annoying, actually.
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I'd assume they're counting 'installed' or 'not-installed' on a per-user basis; once a user installs something, it should be counted once, and only once, forever. Rather dishonest if not.
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Yeah, I'd agree about it being dishonest. IIRC, Microsoft did something similar with IE user stats.
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It truly is indispensable.
More so than most people think.