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Article: Google to AaemapAAE the way.

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November 2, 2009
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By Rob PegoraroThe imminent arrival of a no-charge navigation service on phones running Google s latest Android software, complete with real-time traffic data and satellite and street-level views of a route, is making stand-alone GPS devices look suddenly redundant. GPS manufacturers share prices promptly fell off a cliff; Garmin s dropped about 16 percent and TomTom s plunged by 21 percent on Wednesday.Perhaps more so than any other company since Microsoft at its peak, Google can spook competitors and enthrall users just by introducing a product. You could see the same dynamic in late September, when Google introduced a Web-based fusion of e-mail, instant messaging and ...

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