With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Computer

Re:With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Co... by groby_b on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @03:12PM (#7879856)

Not to derail the topic - but maps already does that.

Search for your area. Pull up info sheet for it. Click "Save map to use offline". (Although I've got no idea if it checks for changes)

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Re:With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Co... by eropple on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @03:32PM (#7879968)

Didn't that disappear in some recent version? I had to use some special keyword search term to make that happen in the newest Maps.

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Re:With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Co... by scott_karana on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @03:49PM (#7880053)

It did disappear. And fortunately, they've added it back again, in yet another UX interaction.

https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567?hl=en

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Re:With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Co... by magicalist on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @04:25PM (#7880221)

that's the interaction groby_b just described

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Re:With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Co... by mjcohen on Thursday June 12, 2014 @01:11AM (#7881906)

However "You can move and zoom in or out on your saved map, but you can’t search or get directions on it."

Reduced the utility considerably imho.

Both Navigon and Co-Pilot (on Android) can store the entire U.S. in about 1.5 GB.

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Re:With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Co... by Rebelgecko on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @06:45PM (#7880879)

Google maps does check for changes, but in a sort of braindead way. Every 30 days it'll check for map updates, and if it can't (e.g. no internet connection) it'll just delete your locally saved maps.

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