Motorola improving Google Maps for their own phones

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At this morning most of the well known Tech News websites were reporting that Motorola was going to drop Google Maps from their Android series of phones...SHOCKING!!, but not 100% true...yet.



What they are really planing to do, according to Phandroid, is updating Google's service, in order to provide not only a more accurate but also be more accessible service for every app running on a Motorola Android, every app running on background, will now have the chance to use use (given the permissions) your current locations for their own good (not safe for conspiracy fan-boys).


Skyhook, running on iPhone OS

Motorola will may just be implementing their core location features, which handles the triangulation part of the equation, so Google Maps will stick on every Android device for a time more, but doubtlessly, this is a step towards customizing Android and making it, less Google depending, and reducing that way, Google's power over Motorola own business.

UPDATE

BOSTON, Apr 27, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Skyhook Wireless, the worldwide leader in location positioning, context and intelligence, today announced that Motorola, Inc. will deploy its Core Location across much of the company's portfolio of Android-based mobile devices. Skyhook-enabled Motorola smartphones, which will begin shipping later this year, will have the ability to better support a new wave of location-aware applications by leveraging Skyhook's precise, reliable, and fast-performing location engine.

Location is at the center of an extraordinary explosion of mobile innovation, and is fundamental to many emerging mobile services. Today there are thousands of mobile applications that incorporate location as a part of their user experience. Precise location enables consumers to check-in with friends, find nearby concerts and exhibits, or get directions to the destinations of their choice. For some experiences, such as turn-by-turn navigation or local search, location is the central feature, but increasingly, new types of applications in music, sports, and entertainment are incorporating location to personalize content delivery.

"Precise location enables a broad ecosystem of innovative location services that enrich the end user smartphone experience," said Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president of software and services product management for Motorola Mobile Devices. "By extending the vast capabilities of the Android platform, we enable developers and consumers to capitalize on a broader array of applications and services."

Skyhook is the recognized leader in mobile location technology and produces over three hundred million location requests every day over tens of millions of mobile devices. The ground-breaking Core Location uses a combination of Wi-Fi, cellular and GPS readings in order to produce a single, accurate location quickly and in all environments.

"Motorola is creating ground-breaking and innovative mobile devices," said Ted Morgan, CEO, Skyhook Wireless. "Skyhook is excited to further enhance the location accuracy and availability of these devices."