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New Google Maps Update

I noticed an update for Google Maps to 3.2.1. Being on the Hero, GM is pre-loaded and I don't know how to update it to the new version (since it's not listed in my Market downloaded, being that it was pre-loaded on the phone).

Does it automatically do it, or do I have to uninstall and grab the new version from the Market?

I went into the settings, but there was nothing there to check for updates, just 'Latitude' and the other standard options.

Thanks
 
I think you guys are confused. You should be able to hit the install button on market, and it will uninstall the pre-loaded Gmaps and install one that will show up under "my downloads". Probably doesnt matter for now though, I'm willing to bet it won't be upgraded before we get 2.0

EDIT- They are right as far as the update with nav is for 1.6+. Im just talking about getting it on your list in market...
 
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Omg... phone is out a month... they have already released a maintenance update for the unit, which surprised the hell outta me. You say what proof? Well then, what proof is needed? What proof they're not?

Anyway, I too was on the WinMo platform waiting for the updates that never came to be. From either Sprint or Palm... I am convinced there is something different going in here with all the new efforts at customer retention, new front line handsets, even customer service has changed a little bit too. So, I am of the glass half filled mentality with regard to the New Sprint...

lol... oh, by the way the phone is HTC's but designed to work on the carriers network. The phone is not Sprint's... (see Eris)
lol...
:cool:
 
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I truly hope that you are right. I just feel that as paying customers...Sprint and HTC owe us in return, the respect of at the very least, giving us a time frame of when.


providing a time frame when dealing with software is a BIG way to get people pissed off. If Sprint (or anyone) were to say you'll get the update by the 1st week of January and it didn't come out until the 2nd week there would be people screaming at them for not making good on the deadline. The company I work for won't give a firm time frame for any software updates simply because a bug can pop up at the last minute and set it back 3 months..

sit back... relax... the updates will come when they get here in the mean time, read the transcript from the chat with David Owens.. VP of Consumer marketing for Sprint.. Chat With Buzz: David Owens Chat Transcript - 10/29
the second question was about the 2.0 update for the hero and moment.. He doesn't say WHEN it'll happen, but he does say it WILL happen
 
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