09
May
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Directionally-challenged Greeks, Google has answered your prayers. The search giant continued its international rollout of Maps Navigation today, enabling turn-by-turn directions for Greece. That, coupled with Google's recent significant expansion of Navigation to 9 countries last month, brings the total number of supported territories to 53. Not too shabby.

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We've heard from a couple of Google+ users that turn-by-turn seems to be working well so far. Of course, Navigation is still technically in beta (and has been, as is typical for Google, for more than two years), but it's good to hear that initial service is stable.

If you're in Greece and have Google Maps installed, you should have access to Navigation now.

21
Mar
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Earlier today, Sprint launched its new Nexus S 4G smartphone with tight Google Voice integration. Riding the buzz, Google in turn announced that the Nexus S is now available in the following countries:

  • Spain
  • France
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Germany
  • Croatia
  • Ireland
  • the Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Austria
  • the Czech Republic
  • Switzerland
  • Hong Kong
  • S. Korea
  • Australia.

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To buy the phone, visit the country-specific Google url http://google (.es, .fr , .gr, .it, .pt, .ro, etc.)/nexus and select the carrier of your choice. If you get tripped up by the country's URL, just visit the source links below for more details.

The phone's specifications remain largely the same with a 4.0" WVGA SAMOLED screen, 1 GHz CPU, 16 GB ROM, 5MP rear camera, front-facing VGA camera, NFC support, and, of course, a quad-band GSM antenna.