bing mobile updated now with turn by turn directions
 

I dont have a changelog, but its definetly new. heres a cab, and ill post a screenshot soon.
dschoenike

oh yeah, version is now 5.1.2010.5040

grrrr im having a hard time uploading the cab on my phone here. but trust me, theres a new version out :)

ok, cab and screenshot are up. sorry for delay.

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Do you have a link to download from the internet or is it in the marketplace? Where did you get it?

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This is the link that came up on my phone when it told me there was an update: static.appserver.m.bing.net/binaries/winmo/v1/Bing.CAB

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yeah, thats it :) thanks

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Here you go!

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I like the new home screen layout as well. I didn't realize this update included turn-by-turn directions, I'll have to check that out.

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Ooohhh, its pretty cool. I just realized (finally got to try it) it has voice directions. Its a womans voice and easy to understand. Nice :)
dschoenike

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Thanks, (and thanked). I opened up bing mobile today and went to help>about to check my version and I got the popup window that a new version is available. You can click on update now and it will DL the cab to your phone.

Cool... can't wait to try this out.

LOL.... I'm sure it won't be long before google maps comes out with this. :-)

David

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i dont know why they got rid of gas prices... that was the only reason i used bing

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Good find man. I just found a new one a couple of days ago so I thought this was it. But this is newer and nicer. Excited to try out navigation quality.

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Haven't got to really use it but I tested it out a bit and I love it.

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Microsoft's answer to Android getting free voice turn by turn. Figured they would save it for 7.
Google might not mind bringing theirs over to winmo now.

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It displays an initial prompt that the Sprint TP2 is not officially supported. It works, though it is slow to load. The zoom factors and detail is not up to what Google Map displays, but not too bad. The search/suggestion functionality works ok. Spoken directions also work here in Paradise.

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awesome. thanks a million!

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Thank you ... slow to load, but works great!

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is there any way to get this working on wqvga? i know, my phone is old, but i would love to get navigation on my omnia.

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It won't install on my Vogue (Sprint Touch, QVGA) -- error message says "resolution not supported". I hope someone is clever enough to port this for other resolutions.

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Directions work as always, but navigation doesn't work in Canada. Message says you are trying to navigate outside the United States.:)

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Overall the program runs slow but works great. Nice to have turn by turn with traffic routing.

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lol, yet another "oh, there are actually places/people outside the US?" product. So sad; come on, M$; do it properly, for once.

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nice very nice....voice turn by turn.... 8)

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My GPS won't lock with this new Bing. I know it's not my phone's fault, because Google Maps gets GPS locks in like 3 seconds. is there any way to fix this?

Wirelessly posted (HTC Diamond: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.11) Sprint MP6950SP)

No...Microsoft just doesn't like Canadians. :evil4:

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How does this compare to sprint nav?

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Is there a way to have the maps always heading up? I dont like how the map is always situated pointing North. Any Help?

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so, this new bing is pretty neat, but i have had trouble with it working with my tp2s gps. why is that. and do you think there is anyway to make it work with the zoombar?

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In the settings section, you can change the gps device settings (gps intermediate driver, com 1, com 2, etc) . Maybe messing around with that will help.
dschoenike

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Yeah, I wonder why the app seems so slow to respond compared to the older ones. If I navigate away from the screen (to say, check a message), going back to it seems to take 5+ seconds for the window to show up!
Granted, once the display is up and running, everything works great and rather smoothly (doesn't miss a turn and reroutes off route instantly), but the time it takes to launch the screen to the foreground seems awfully delayed. Hopefully this is only because of the "beta" status, and it will be fixed soon...

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I got mine to work yesterday, but today I have the same problem.

I tried to mess with the same settings and still no luck. Any other suggestions instead of removing and re-installing?

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Tried this, and for free is good. But I'm keeping Telenav (even though it's $10 a month) because

1) Bing doesn't tell you the "next turn" when it's right on top of your current one (important to not miss a turn in city driving)
2) Telenav gives a better route (Bing sent me on a highway when an obvious short cut existed)
3) Bing grabs a chunk of about 5MB of memory and won't let it go even when it exits (but doesn't seem to grab any more if you restart it again)
4) I like Telenav's voice better (I know, personal preference) but I do wish I could adjust the volume of it
5) I like the screen that Telenav uses better (especially the direction going on top of screen instead of North)

Just my opinion. To some, it may not be worth the extra $10 a month

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The default GPS COM port is COM4. Go into settings in bing navigation and change it from intermediate gps device to COM4 everything should work fine after that.

David

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Just wanted to thank those that reported on the navigation Vs vznav problems and solutions. I was able to get my navigation going. I bought Copilot last year - but it doesn't announce street names and it announces your turns about 5 seconds after you pass them. Not real good.

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Is there any way to bypass the "this device is not supported . please download the previous version of bing at blah, blah, blah". It works on my omnia but then shuts down after I click OK on this dialog box.

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nice spp. really useful

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Love this app :) Glad to see they brought voice to it

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Regardless of what I do. I can't get bing to "find my location", it just hangs at the Locating screen.. I'm using a Sprint Touch Pro 2. It worked fine. My other location services such as weather and stuff work fine.
Any suggestions. I read the thread, tried COM4, intermediate GPS, etc. regardless when I choose directions, and I want to enter my current location by choosing the locate me button it won't work. If I enter directions manually it just hangs on the searching for GPS screen, Google maps works fine as usual. If I change teh com port to COM 0, I get make sure you have a clear shot at the sky..Worked first try on the first version.- Thanks in adavance..

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Bing used to be great. It worked evertime. Now they changed it so it won't work..Maybe sprint paid them so you have to use telenav :)

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I removed Bing Live(the one that came with the phone, the white icon, it's stored in "my documents", Now Bing is able to "locate", now bing works.. GPS is set to com4 @ 4800 baud as usual, Bing is set to <intermediate>, don't know if it will work tommorow, but it knows where I am in seconds, it locates in seconds. It works again.