Prior to Google Maps, MapQuest was the king of direction giving, although we’re sure if you used the service, you ended up with directions that were actually less accurate than Apple Maps. Either way, people trusted MapQuest back in the day and the service is now attempting to win back its old users by completely redesigning its mobile apps on iOS and Android. (more…)
MapQuest Launches Redesigned iPhone, Android App original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Remember MapQuest? It’s got a set of new mobile apps with clever, handy features that set it apart from other mapping and navigation apps out there.
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Let’s be frank: most Windows Phone users already have some form of navigation on hand, whether it’s Nokia’s Here Drive+ beta or one of the alternatives. However, it rarely hurts to have a free choice like MapQuest’s new app for Windows Phone 8. The suite offers voiced, turn-by-turn directions for driving and walking, along with live traffic and the usual point-of-interest searching. The app is comparatively basic, and it’s only available in US English right now — but if it’s all you need to get from point A to point B, it’s available at the source link.
Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Mobile
Via: All About Windows Phone, Windows Phone Blog
Source: Windows Phone Store
Still trying to figure out which way to turn when it comes to on-phone navigation? How’s about a free option to ponder? MapQuest‘s gratis iPhone and Android programs are set to get a heck of a lot better, and soon. The company just announced that TomTom would become its maps provider, enabling it to provide coverage for more than 7.5 million miles of roads across North America. Interestingly, it seems that TomTom is finding new life after the death of the PND (personal navigation device) in software; just last month, Apple knighted TomTom to power its own internal Maps app, which is set to debut with iOS 6.
Filed under: GPS
MapQuest picks TomTom Maps to power iPhone and Android turn-by-turn navigation apps originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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