After a totally nonchalant, non-announcement type of showing by Erick Tseng at
Eric Schmidt's MWC keynote last week (thanks to
Phone Scoop for pointing that out), the Android version of Google Earth is now available in the Market for download to the
Nexus One (and, in the future, "most" other devices running 2.1 or newer). Previously, it'd only been available as a mobile app on the iPhone -- a rare example of Google treating Apple's platform better than its own -- but with modern Android handsets getting extraordinarily speedy, it makes sense that they'd want to bring the graphics-intensive app home. It's not as useful as Google Maps in the strictest sense of the word, but with touch control (multitouch in particular), it's endlessly entertaining -- and assuming you've got an unlimited data plan and a few free megabytes of app storage space, it's probably a must-download.
posted February 22nd 2010 3:02PM
Just did a search for Google Earth... Not there in the market, so much for that rumor!
@MJ Sorry, should've specified, it looks like it's just the Nexus One for the moment (with other 2.1 devices to come).
@MJ
it's probably because you're a loser with a VZ Moto Droid! lol
So is it a Superphone yet? :D
ONLY works on NexusOne - NO Droid support (unless you've rooted it)
Actually, long before the MWC keynote, they nonchalantly non-announced Google Earth for Android during the Jan 5th Nexus One event. See your own coverage, 10:42-10:45AM.
I'm loving this!
I demand a Nexus One with AT&T 3G band NOW!!!!!
I'm starting to wonder if you will have a enough room for any non Google apps once you get all the Google ones. I get storage issues on my G1 all the time
It'd be a fun app, but probably not very useful.