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TomTom cradle to enable GPS for iPod touch and other apps

by Jake Gaecke on Aug 17, 2009 at 01:58 PM

According to Yann Lafargue, PR for TomTom, the much anticipated TomTom iPhone cradle will do more than just keep your iPhone’s battery topped off. Its GPS enhancing abilities seem to take advantage of the dock connector on not just the iPhone, but also the iPod touch to enhance (or to… Continue Reading »

TomTom for iPhone is here

by Ed Parry on Aug 17, 2009 at 06:36 AM

TomTom appeared on stage at this years WWDC showcasing their GPS application and in-car accessories, stating that the app would be available in the near future. Not a minute too soon, TomTom for iPhone has appeared in the App Store in various versions, so far including New Zealand ($94.99), US… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Navigon’s MobileNavigator North America for iPhone

by Jake Gaecke on Aug 10, 2009 at 07:30 AM

Ever since Apple added GPS as a feature of the iPhone 3G, consumers have (wrongfully) assumed that this meant turn by turn navigation. Finally, Apple is now allowing turn-by-turn GPS navigation apps on the app store with iPhone OS 3.0 and above. And it didn’t take long to find a… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Sygic Mobile Maps 2009 North America for iPhone

by Jake Gaecke on Aug 9, 2009 at 07:27 PM

Sygic is a company that makes its GPS software available on numerous mobile platforms. The latest of which is the iPhone. So you can look at this from two perspectives. The first is that it’s awesome that Sygic has refined and perfected their GPS software for 7 full numbered versions… Continue Reading »

Turn by Turn GPS only an update away for the iPhone

by Ed Parry on May 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM

Since the last Apple event, when Scott Forstall (SVP iPhone Software) told us that turn by turn GPS would be coming for iPhone 3.0, developers have been working hard at producing the best possible app. Their efforts were hampered slightly because Apple couldn’t allow them to use Google Maps as… Continue Reading »

iPhone OS 3.0: Everything you need to know…so far

by Jake Gaecke on Mar 17, 2009 at 09:23 PM

Today’s iPhone OS 3.0 preview was quite the show. Apple almost outdid themselves by catching up on all standard features of regular cell phones, and then some. Amongst today’s biggest features were items such as Copy and Paste, Push Notifications, Turn by turn GPS and MMS. But that’s not all,… Continue Reading »

iPhone 3.0 turn by turn directions

by Jake Gaecke on Mar 17, 2009 at 01:38 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 08:06 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 11:06 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 07:03 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 »

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