I have to admit, I’m admiring the turn-by-turn navigation on my Android phone more every day.

I used to have one of those “traditional” GPS units, and it was a pain… I had to subscribe (and pay) to update its database all the time, and it relied on me to know (and enter) the address every time I went anywhere.

Turn-by-turn Navigation on Android is so well integrated into the overall experience, that none of that matters, anymore.

I can speak the name of a client, the App pulls it from my contacts, and I’m off and driving in the blink of an eye.

Better yet, I can speak the name of any business, and it’s loaded with driving instructions before I turn the key.

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Back when the old cell phone started dying on me, and I accepted it was time to upgrade, the first thing that came to mind was, “Now, it’s time to get an iPhone.”

Have to admit, just emotionally, that would have been my first choice.

However, my next door neighbor has one, and complains about the signal in our neighborhood. AT&T isn’t particularly well know for its coverage in San Diego, but it’s especially bad here, in our little “valley,” with no data service, and rarely more than one or two bars of voice signal.

That left me looking for my next choice, and that led me to Android.

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