luke911 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 So back in April Jeremy Irish posted reasons why they weren't looking at android as a platform for Geocache Navigator. It is now 7 months later so maybe we can take a look at his points for not supporting it and possibly counter them to maybe get an update on an android port of GN? 1. Over 10,000 apps available, i think a viable contender since Jeremy's post in April '09. 2. Android now has multi-touch (Android 1.6) so the features would be comparable with making many changes. 3. The G1 has been on the market for almost a year and per wikipedia there are at least 14 phones released running android with a slew of devices coming soon. According to a AdMob Android is climbing along with WebOS with everyone else losing share. I do understand the iPhone is at the top but you have apps for the companies losing share, why not suppor the ones gaining share also? 4. Android's market also does 70/30 revenue sharing for applications. 70% for developer but the 30% goes to the carrier and not Google. I understand there are 3rd party geocaching apps for Android but I really miss GN from my n82. I would bet that most people prefer GN over any 3rd party app because of the seemless integration to geocaching.com. This post wasn't meant to come across as hostile, i just want to counter his points to possibly open some discussion on the topic. And for any iphone fanboys who feel the need to respond without constructive input please just move on, i don't want to get into a debate or pissing contest over which is better. I own a G1 because i wanted a hardware keyboard and apple didn't offer one. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
FinalLogic Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I have an old iPhone 2G that I use as an iPod touch, and my new Sprint Hero is arriving today. I'm extremely interesting in doing some geocaching with the Android phone, and would love to know more about what's out there. On the iPhone, I've seen my friends use the app that you're describing, where you can just search through Geocaching.com to get caches. I would pay serious money for an Android port, is there really nothing being done for this? Quote Link to comment
luke911 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 I too would pay for this app without hesitation if it ever showed up in the Market. Quote Link to comment
ge0rgecz Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) Related topic here: tmobile g1 android, wheres our app Edited October 18, 2009 by ge0rgecz Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 On the iPhone, I've seen my friends use the app that you're describing, where you can just search through Geocaching.com to get caches. I would pay serious money for an Android port, is there really nothing being done for this? I know that everyone 'hates' windows, but there are several apps for windows mobile that do this. And they are free. Quote Link to comment
+woofiegrrl Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I used GN on my Blackberry and I absolutely loved it. Trimble Outdoors is available for Android but it doesn't do everything GN does. I would pay quite a bit to have GN on my G1, I've been trying to use GeoBeagle but it's just not working out for me. Quote Link to comment
+JohnE5 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) To the op. There have been several updates, it's just very difficult to follow since it's strewn about all the forums in different threads. Edited April 6, 2010 by JohnE5 Quote Link to comment
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