Google Earth

[mwl1119]

Why can I not install Google Earth on my Slide?

If it can be ran on the 550MHz Droid with 2.1 why not my 600MHz Slide?

 

[behold_this]

have you tried manually installing the apk? I have it stored on my pc but never tried to install it to my slide because its just too damn big for an app i'll almost never use.

 

[RavenWulf]

have you tried manually installing the apk? I have it stored on my pc but never tried to install it to my slide because its just too damn big for an app i'll almost never use.

I tried the manual install and every time I tried to open it the screen would go black for a few seconds and then go back to the Home screen

 

[behold_this]

Yeah i kinda figured it was disabled or it'd show up in the market like it does on devices it is actually compatable with. Plus I stand by my statement it is way too big (7MB app plus tons more MB used up with data storage) for an ultimately useless app...just eye candy IMHO

 

[RavenWulf]

yeah it was way too effin huge the 7MB was before instal,l after install it ends up being over 20MB and that's without even connecting and adding even more

 

[azav8ter]

Google Earth wont be usable until we get 2.2 There is something missing in the software of the MTS that will prevent it from working....at least thats what CS says..

 

[RavenWulf]

Google Earth wont be usable until we get 2.2 There is something missing in the software of the MTS that will prevent it from working....at least thats what CS says..

I doubt we'll even get it then, I am running 2.2 and am over-clocked to 844MHz and it still won't run... it's because it's meant for ARM7 CPU and above compared to our ARM6 CPU.

edit : here is a link to the requirements page http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=174898

 

[penguin42]

Yeah, Google Earth requires a Cortex processor, which for some reason they skimped out on with the mts (even though the droid, nexus one, etc had one)