However, “Some features of Android 2.0 are not available on Android 1.6”, explained Michael Siliski, Product Manager at Google. For example, the ability to use the voice command is not available on Android 1.6 devices, but most of the application works the same.
Now that their home-made OS is well covered, we can expect Google to release in the forthcoming weeks additional versions for other operating systems. With a large US installed base, the Blackberry platform is a likely candidate, especially because Google will be able to bypass RIM – in offering it as an off deck download – even if the Canadian company and its carrier customers are not keen to have a free turn-by-turn navigation solution.
Last month (according to eWeek ), Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering at Google, said Google was working to build a version of Google Maps Navigation for the iPhone. While developing it is pretty straightforward; getting it approved by Apple might prove to be much more difficult.
