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03 Sep 09

Mobile Maps « niq’s soapbox

Explanation of the way phones and GPS complement each other.

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you probably benefit from having a network signal to assist the GPS – phone settings will say whether it’s included in order to get a fix. S60-3 comes with a simple GPS-status app that you can use; if it takes one or two minutes even out in the open, you’re on satellites only, while with network assistance it’ll get you to within 20m maybe in 10s or less.

10 Aug 09

Google Latitude finally makes it over to iPhone, as a web app | July 2009

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Apple had some concern that people would confuse it for the native Maps app. We still don't get why it couldn't simply be added to Maps itself, but we're not the multibillion dollar company, here.

09 Mar 09

An Openmoko bike ride - Chris Ball's blog - August 2008

This is a really cool use of a Neo (though a printed map in a plastic map pocket would do pretty much as well, though too heavy for a long trip.)

However it would be a great way to _contribute_ data to OpenStreetMap while keeping fit and reaching route

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PDA Cycling Cellular phones Open source GPS

I'm particularly pleased with tangoGPS, which uses data from OpenStreetMap

15 Jul 08

Apple - iPhone - App Store

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Finally, a mobile game console that responds to your movements...Applications such as Loopt use location feeds to help you find friends on the go....gaming, chatting, social networking, traveling, news, sports, finance, or business — there are bound to be iPhone applications made especially for it....download your purchases wirelessly — and in some cases, free

Can I Resist the iPhone 3G? - By Reihan Salam - Slate Magazine

Entertaining review, with a bit more colour than most

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Cellular phones GPS

Apple sells some pretty great computers, and the iPhone 3G is a great smartphone, but I can take only so much abuse.

12 Oct 07

Maemo Mapper

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PDA Wi-Fi GPS

At first, I thought I could modify GPSDrive to suit my needs - cutting out things that I felt were unnecessary. When it came down to it, though, that was almost everything, and my specific map requirements (which were largely incompatible with GPSDrive) led me to decide to start from scratch.

08 Aug 07

TeleNav brings user-generated content to GPS | The Register

Some mention of the US A-GPS market here too.

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Cellular phones GPS

The ability to search for petrol stations by price might not be a killer application for everyone, but it is a clear cost-benefit that any user can understand, and could well be the kind of application that drives GPS into every mobile phone in some form or another