Droid X2: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

Chapter 6. Maps, Navigation, and Other Droid X2 Apps

Above all else, the Droid X2 is about apps, apps, and more apps. Without them, the Droid isn’t much more than a glorified cellphone.

And what apps it has! The Apps Menu is chock-full of them, and as you’ll see in Chapter 11, you can add countless more of your own. But right out of the box, the Droid X2 comes with a suite of remarkable apps, including a web browser, a camcorder, email software, a calendar, a photo gallery, and much more.

Many of these apps are covered elsewhere in this book, some with entire chapters devoted to them. This chapter covers road-warrior apps like Maps, Navigation, Weather, Calculator, and more.

The main way to get to your apps is via the Apps Menu; to get there, tap the App Menu icon on the lower-right corner of any pane. You can access some apps, like the Weather widget, right on the panes. (For more details about panes, see Home Screen.)

Maps

Google Maps on the Droid X2 is the mobile version of the renowned Google Maps website (http://maps.google.com). In fact, the Droid X2’s Maps app is even more powerful than the web version, since it can incorporate GPS information.

Type any address or point of interest in the U.S. (or many places all over the world), and you see a map. You can choose a street map, an aerial satellite photo, or a combination of the two. You can also find nearby businesses, points of interest, ...