Motorola this week announced Motorola Milestone, the European, GSM equivalent of the Droid phone that ships in the United States with the free, turn-by-turn Google Maps Navigation. However, European consumers will have, instead of Google Maps Navigation, a trial license for MOTONAV, Motorola’s navigation software, developed by a third party. The Android smartphone will be initially sold in Germany through wireless operators O2 and Vodafone.

In the United States Google has its own map data which makes it simpler to provide free navigation. In Europe the Mountain View company is still using Tele Atlas, although it might change since AND is said to have signed a contract with the web giant that would include a single license for both map display and turn-by-turn navigation.