I’ve just started a one hour test of the mobile blogging gear I’m going to use at CES this year but just as I started to transfer the first photos (of my kit – 1.3kg!) I noticed the Google Maps was updated. This is an important update because it changes the way maps are rendered and introduces local caching. You’ll see in the image below that there’s not much you can control in terms of caching so only further testing will tell us how much of a map can be cached but the indications from Google were that a whole city is possible. This means that if you’re heading away and don’t want to use 3g or rely on Internet for the maps, you can cache them beforehand.
I’ll try and do some more testing on that while I’m at CES but for now, make sure you check your android phone for the Google Maps updates and let me know if you spot any major issues.
This has been the first of my CES kit test posts using only the N8 and Galaxy Tab.
