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- supershawn, on 11/28/2007, -4/+63"Google Maps to Bring GPS-Like Positioning on ANY Phone?"
Fixed.
Why single out the iPhone when it works on any phone (well, EXCEPT the iPhone at this time) - amulrean, on 11/28/2007, -0/+18Naivizon worked great on my iPhone till the subscription ran out. I can't wait to see this feature in a future update of google maps on the iPhone.
- Barbarino, on 11/28/2007, -2/+16Turn ahead in 10 blocks or so then go straight another 10 blocks or so and arrive at your destination which may be 10 blocks away...
- d3dm, on 11/29/2007, -1/+15Nah. People like Google because everything they do is seemingly free.
- iNunchuk, on 11/28/2007, -9/+22Microsoft/Apple, this is why everyone loves Google.
- jserio, on 11/28/2007, -3/+14"This positioning technology is said to be accurate within 10 city blocks."
I.E. 1 mile! Not even close to accurate! - TimmyGUNZ, on 11/28/2007, -1/+12FTA: "The iPhone's version, however, is not yet upgradable to this new beta version. Apple has indicated it plans on deploying new features to the iPhone time, so it seems likely that this feature may find its way into a future iPhone software update."
- cgruber, on 11/29/2007, -3/+13Aww somebody is jealous.
- faithfreedom, on 11/28/2007, -0/+8Navizon does the same thing. But you have to pay for it. I hope this Google feature is free
- cgruber, on 11/28/2007, -0/+8It's a demo dude.
- forcedfx, on 11/28/2007, -0/+8Your 8800 has a built in GPS sensor. Quite a bit more accurate and reliable than cell tower triangulation.
- snotrokit, on 11/28/2007, -5/+12Don't know about you, but my BlackBerry 8800 already has it. Fire up Google Maps, hit 0, it pulls up Google Earth or Maps on your GPS location.
Oh yeah, it will load real time traffic as an overlay too. - TypeEE, on 11/29/2007, -0/+6They seems to do a lot of things that is not asking for return.
Forexample, gmail with imap, pop and email forwarding which their users will skip reading their ads, but it seems okay with them.
google docs is free
grandcentral is free
spend money on renewable energy research.
tries to open up the 700Mhz band.
They seemed to do things that benefit grassroot individuals. - marm0lade, on 11/29/2007, -3/+8ask them to send you an MMS from their iphone.
- h2d2, on 11/28/2007, -13/+18It's great that you had to put iPhone in the title, otherwise this would have been lost forever.
I mean, the fact I just download an S60 3rd Edition version of this updated Google Maps on my N73 doesn't mean *****... unless someone on an iPhone gets it. - faithfreedom, on 11/28/2007, -8/+13N95 is too bunky for my taste.
- jordan314, on 11/28/2007, -0/+4oh hell yes, just tried it and this works great on my T-mobile wing. 10 blocks sounds like a lot but mine was only off by 2. Still good enough to find the closest pizza delivery joint or get directions. Agreed though that the iphone name dropping in the title is lame.
Proper link on your phone: http://google.com/gmm - vjeko, on 11/28/2007, -2/+6Tested it on my N95 and it's very accurate.
- toetagger, on 11/29/2007, -0/+4It got even your attention...
- inactive, on 11/28/2007, -2/+6Now I can find Waldo.
- chrisvdmerwe, on 11/28/2007, -1/+4Works on my BlackBerry 7105t. The longer you leave it on the more accurate it gets! Very cool.
- toetagger, on 11/29/2007, -0/+3ONE person submitted THIS article under Apple (why are you here?). You are free to also submit it with any title you like under another category.
- sdub74, on 11/28/2007, -6/+9Because Apple fanboys think that the iPhone is the best thing ever and no other phones come close.
They also feel the need to tell you they have an iPhone, "I'll send you a text message on my iPhone" Wow, what's this text messaging thing that you can do with your iPhone, and why can't I do it with my phone? - marm0lade, on 11/29/2007, -2/+5MMS is a basic function of all portable "entertainment devices", which the iphone claims to be. Requiring email to send a simple picture is cumbersome and shows laziness on apple's part.
- vhold, on 11/29/2007, -2/+5I love the fact that this feature now -actually- exists on other phones, but what we get for a story here is speculation about the iPhone.
- Insanitation, on 11/29/2007, -0/+3It is fanboyism. It has nothing to do with the iPhone exept the fact that it is 1 of the very many phone this works on. I have been messing with it today on my Blackberry Pearl.
- UrinalPooper, on 11/29/2007, -1/+3In the states 3G isn't the end all be all. It's faster, but EDGE is more common. I drove through sweet BFE with EDGE and I was shocked at where I was able to get a connection. YMMV
- qpn6ph9q, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2Yes despite your cynicism, having business information on the maps is a benefit to me at least. Where is the nearest restaurant, bar, hotel etc would be impossible without business participation. And because of this advertising the whole service is free.
- capitocapito, on 11/28/2007, -4/+6Awesome! I can't wait until I can start tracking people!
- iamafatguy, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2It'd be cool to integrate that with a geocaching.com scraper to show you where nearby caches are. Currently available through trimble on some phones/carriers, but not on my carrier, nor an iphone.
- zydeco, on 11/28/2007, -3/+5Oh yes sir. We'll get right on that for you.
- toetagger, on 11/29/2007, -1/+3"sometime in the next half mile turn left..."
- fryguy1013, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2Unless you're on verizon, then you have to pay for a bluetooth one.
- jordan314, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2Did you try it? It's actually a lot better than 10 blocks.
Generally you want directions to be precise at the end, not at the start. Google maps does this. - macslut, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2I'd like real GPS, but this definitely is an improvement. Imagine driving and wanting to check traffic in your area. It could be a touch away as opposed having to type in the name of the area. The same is true for searches...it just makes it faster/easier most of the time, but occasionally, you could find yourself out of state and not know exactly what city (or area of the city) you're at.
But ya, real GPS would be something that would get me to buy v2.0 in a heartbeat. - kamel, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2This rocks. Sprint locks out any GPS for any apps that aren't "official" Sprint apps.
- cr3ative, on 11/28/2007, -1/+3Watch the video, you fearmongering douche.
- Icebird, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2yay for phones with all these functions but crappy user interfaces! yay!
- starf, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2Agreed. Was saying they probably didn't leave out gps because of google being represented on their board.
- ryanknapper, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2What about adding WAP BSSIDs to the database?
- osko2052, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2Stop it!!! You will make the Apple fanboys cry. Go Blackberry!
- starf, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2I'm more inclined to believe it was more to do with physical space and battery consumption.
Google could have easily integrated a gps into their map application. - starf, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2I don't think anyone said it's better than a real gps. The point is that it's better than nothing.
I hate typing in a street name and having it show up on the other side of the country. - mikealive, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1this isn't for tracking people, this is to track yourself. handy for when your lost or not sure which way to turn.
- crackintosh, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1I think the point is it will, kind of, add the missing GPS feature to the iPhone. and it has a "?" indicating it being a possibility. Hence submitted to "Apple" section.
- toetagger, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1...brothel...
- mikealive, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1here's a rundown of how it works on symbian phones without gps, even though the review is using the Nokia N95 that does have GPS, they disabled it.
looks pretty promising.
http://symbianaddict.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-goog ... - drpcken, on 11/29/2007, -1/+2Yea I just tested this on my Tilt and it works great. Very precise.
- crackintosh, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1Well thats great for you, but what does that have to do with what were talking about. you dont even need the feature! you have GPS on your 8800.
- neodorian, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1But both of you will have aGPS in about 2 months.
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