Product Reviews Net » Mapquest http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sat, 26 May 2012 11:39:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 MapQuest App for Android: Google Maps Alternative Now Available http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/02/17/mapquest-app-for-android-google-maps-alternative-now-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mapquest-app-for-android-google-maps-alternative-now-available http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/02/17/mapquest-app-for-android-google-maps-alternative-now-available/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:01:26 +0000 Tina Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=122323 The popular Google Maps application may well be included in every Android-based smartphone on the market these days, but it doesn’t necessarily stop people looking for an alternative. One Google Maps alternative we’d like to mention is the recently released MapQuest for Android.

As Eric M. Zeman over on the phonescoop.com website recently reported, the new MapQuest 1.0.0 beta software – which is now free to download from the Android Market – offers many impressive features such as voice search and real-time traffic with auto re-route.

According to Alan Henry over at appscout.com (via DownloadSquad), the MapQuest application may not have the features and tools that can be found within Google Maps, but it does include great features that will most definitely make it a solid competitor for the Google Maps app.

The MapQuest app – which provides users with comprehensive mapping services such as turn-by-turn driving directions – works with the smartphone’s contact list, so users can quickly receive driving directions to their friends’ houses or even businesses and restaurants they’ve previously searched for.

As noted over on the Android Market, the MapQuest app also features voice search, which enables hands-free input, an auto re-route feature that will automatically adjust your route if you just happen to take a wrong turn and Live Traffic Flow/Incidents that updates every 5 minutes.

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/02/17/mapquest-app-for-android-google-maps-alternative-now-available/feed/ 0 MapQuest Driving Directions App: v2.0 http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/07/22/mapquest-driving-directions-app-v2-0/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mapquest-driving-directions-app-v2-0 http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/07/22/mapquest-driving-directions-app-v2-0/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:34:41 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=105269 For those of you who have the MapQuest 4 Mobile Driving Directions app installed on your iPhone, then we can tell you that V 2.0 for use with iOS 4 is now available for download. There are a number of advancements with the new application, one of which is where the directions are spoken to you.

One other feature that needs a mention is the ability for the app to run in the background – all thanks to multitasking on the iPhone 4 and 3GS. Oh sorry, did we forget to mention that this navigation software was free?

So let us take a look and a few more of the key features: More often than not we all drive past our intended turning – Auto Re-Route helps to take the stress out of that by recalculating a new route to get you back on track.

Even though the new fourth-generation iPhone offers increased battery life, the added benefit of Energy savings mode means that MapQuest does not need to drain the life from your Apple smartphone.

The best feature of all comes from the new iPhone 4 itself and its retina display – making directions and maps more crisper than ever. For more details on this app visit iTunes

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