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iPhone 3.0 turn by turn directions

by Jake Gaecke on Mar 17, 2009 at 12:38 PM

You heard right. Apple is finally allowing turn by turn GPS on the iPhone.  There’s only one catch.  BYOM (bring your own maps). Turns out that Apple has some licensing issues that prevent developers from being able to use Google maps for turn by turn directions. Apple also announced the… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews G Maps GPS app for iPhone

by Jake Gaecke on Mar 7, 2009 at 07:06 PM

If you’re looking for turn by turn, voice prompted, GPS directions on your iPhone, you won’t find it here. You will find real time tracking, continuously updated directions, points of interest, route optimization, location based route recalculation, Navteq maps etc. Simply put, G Maps is as close as it’s going… Continue Reading »

Sygic bringing turn by turn GPS to the iPhone

by Ed Parry on Feb 18, 2009 at 10:06 PM

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona usually means a quiet time for Apple. But even with no presence at the event, the iPhone still manages to creep its way in. Sygic, a company that develops GPS applications for smartphones and PDAs promised a demonstration of their software on the iPhone… Continue Reading »

Snow Leopard to take advantage of iPhone multi touch and location tools

by Josh Holat on Feb 5, 2009 at 06:03 PM

Just as the iPhone operating system that we all know and love today is based off of Mac OS X, Mac OS X will now be using features that were originally developed for the iPhone Touch OS. Recent scouring of the most recent Snow Leopard release shows that developers can… Continue Reading »

Google Latitude to come to iPhone, provides location and people tracking

by Alec Feld on Feb 5, 2009 at 09:26 AM

Maps is one of the most used, coveted, and powerful apps on the iPhone. With GPS, directions via driving, public transit, walking, and so much more, what’s missing (aside from turn-by-turn navigation)? Location tracking. This feature has been available on other phones—specifically on some MVNOs—for years, and is making its… Continue Reading »

Apple to offer netbook in 2009 despite Jobs’ comment?

by Josh Holat on Nov 25, 2008 at 10:58 PM

Despite Steve Jobs comment saying that Apple couldn’t successfully build a suitable notebook for under the $1,000 price range, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster still believes that Apple will announce one in 2009. The reason Munster believes that Apple will be able to introduce this $800 notebook is because they already… Continue Reading »

TeleNav bringing GPS navigation to iPhone 3G

by Jake Gaecke on Sep 12, 2008 at 10:12 AM

Since the day I first got my iPhone, the maps feature has taunted me. It can find businesses, identify locations unknown to me, visualize traffic and give decent directions. More recently, even my original iPhone can figure out where I am within a reasonable distance without any GPS. But there’s… Continue Reading »

Leaked screenshots of iPhone app for Nike +

by Jake Gaecke on Aug 19, 2008 at 09:00 PM

I’ve been jealous of the iPod nano’s ability to use the Nike + kit for some time now. Currently, the iPhone can’t use the peripheral that tracks your runs. But according to iphone.fr, an app is being developed to make use of the Nike + on the iPhone (and presumably… Continue Reading »

iPhone 2.1 Firmware Wishlists

by Jake Gaecke on Aug 1, 2008 at 05:30 PM

The iPhone is a great phone. I don’t think many people will disagree with that. But that doesn’t mean it’s perfect; far from it. There are still many features missing, and some things that are just wrong. Thankfully, Apple has the ability to add and fix many of the things… Continue Reading »

WIll the iPhone’s strong tie to software hurt its sales?

by Josh Holat on Jul 10, 2008 at 01:15 PM

When Steve Jobs first announced the iPhone at Macworld in 2007, he put a major emphasis on how the iPhone, being mostly software, could so easily be modified. He used the example of adding keyboard keys and how Apple wouldn’t need to reship their product in order to change the… Continue Reading »

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