Ya and the Garmin Nuvi that I bought my Mom doesnt have ads…….wait a second, yes it does!!! This guy is a putz.

+Well you started off well

I lost you when you decided that you were only concerned with americans the problem with that goes to the heart of your initial

“That’s a very narrow, short-term, and selfish view of economics.”

As someone who is british I understand your loyalty to your fellow country men but you need to understand that not caring about the conditions of others is exactly the trick big business uses to justify off-shoring, etc. If people cared just as much about the environmental / employment conditions overseas the price savings for moving work abroad would be considerably less.

I love my Droid and the GPS capability. In my opinion, I saved a lot of money as it is free and I don’t have to use a separate device to find my location.

Which is the exact reason I chose my G1 and Android. Same apps, better apps, cheaper or free. I love Apple, but they ruined the iPhone with the Microsoft technique of bleeding you dry for every little thing.

I agree with most of what everyone is saying on here. Google just raised the bar and standalone navigation companies just got a kick in the pants! I have an HTC Magic and love my phone.. Android is a nice OS. I don’t use the Google Maps because until they can store maps locally then it’s pointless for me as I often travel off the beaten path. For now I use CoPilot which is excellent, but Google is doing what needs to be done… competition is good. Garmin, Tom Tom, Magellan ect… you will see business drop!

It was mentioned that iTunes was the macs bread and butter. Thats incorrect. Their bread and butter is the iPhone app store.

Nav N What?
Never heard of them. And..this is probably point, now you all know what that weird company do. Attack Google or Microsoft and you have PR for free. Poor poor guys.

Wrong. iTunes is not Apple’s “bread-and-butter”. They make only a very very small portion of their profits from iTunes. Why do you think almost all the other MP3 stores failed? There was no profit in it. iTunes is a driver for their products. It helps with hardware sales, which is where they make their money. Why do you think their hardware is so expensive? Because of the services, software, integration, quality, and service you get with it. You also pay to not have advertisments. I, personally, hate advertising.

That’s a very narrow, short-term, and selfish view of economics.
Yes, the consumer initially pays less at Wal-Mart and similar stores. Yes, the consumer initially pays less when a product is made in China or other foreign country. But in the long-run are we/our country better for it? Jobs are lost due to manufacturing being sent to China. The salaries from these jobs could have been used to buy more products. Money is lost because the profits go to China and out of the US economy. This was also potentially tax money that could be use to improve our roads, schools, etc.
Natural resources and manufacturing are an economy’s lifeblood. You cannot have a first rate economy solely based on services. Our natural resources and manufacturing base are the reasons for our great ascent during the 1900′s. However, our natural resources are now nearly exhausted. For the last 30 years we have been dismantling our manufacturing base, resulting in great destruction to many areas of our nation.
Our country has become so diverse, thus divided, and everyone is out for themselves. Nobody cares about the big picture; only that they can save $1 by shopping at Wal-Mart or buying imports. China is going to **** us up this century. Senior citizens will be dead and the politicians will be out of office by that time so it won’t be their problem… don’t count on these people for help. Oh yeah, they got us here in the first place.
Don’t talk to me about global economies because I don’t care at all about the quality of life of an Indian or Chinaman. I care about Americans. Real ones. By the way, close the borders. <5 years ago the argument was we need immigrants to do the work nobody else wants to. With unemployment over 10% and rising, what do you say now??? We can't pay to maintain our roads/infastructure much less build new ones. Traffic is horrendous. Too many people. More quality; less quantity! RANT OFF.

LOL Yes sir the sky is falling…lol.. Bill Gates is going to take over the world… Back in the seventies we were facing an ice age… now were gonna all fry in google soup… lol m a o …
Poor silly man… I love the fact google tailors ad’s to ME… I really am not interested in GPS, and viola… google never place gps ads on my searches.. Whining about it sir… is going to get you no-where… hey I know how about doing something innovative profitable and good for the consumer..? (GPS unit recycling?)