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iGPS360 brings GPS functionality to your jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch

Sure, if you are amongst those who have an iPhone 3G you are most likely loving the added functionality of the GPS, but what about those who are left with an original iPhone or an iPod touch. Well until now it seems that you were just out of luck, but Orange Gadgets has changed that [...]

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Native Brightkite app coming to the iPhone

Location based social network Brightkite is just about set to launch their native iPhone application. So far this seems to have been a highly requested app, but that aside I would think that it will be well received thanks to a combination of the ability to take advantage of the iPhone 3G’s built in GPS [...]

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Turn-by-turn GPS still in the works for the iPhone 3G

Just recently MSNBC spoke with several of the big name GPS manufacturers and it looks like they are all still hard at work on rolling out a working turn-by-turn GPS solution for the iPhone 3G. Up till this point this is an item that has come up several times, it seems to be one of those [...]

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New Firmware out to Developers

Apple’s has allowed some developers a glance at a a beta version of firmware 2.1 which the rumor mill reports may have some new GPS features: as in possibly turn-by-turn directions. Speculation is that the new firmware will include Core Location hooks for keeping track of both direction and speed. Of course the current [...]

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Apple offers up iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers, new GPS features and more

We have seen the recent reports of firmware 2.0.1, which should include small bug fixes, and now Apple has also begun testing iPhone firmware 2.1 and it looks as if it will have at least a few welcomed items included. According to some early reports coming from those with access to 2.1 there are some [...]

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Apple’s take on firmware 2.0 features; GPS, copy/paste, a Mobile Office suite

One of the most wanted features is something that sounds like it should be pretty simple; copy and paste, but according to the head of Apple’s iPod and iPhone marketing Greg Joswiak it was not something that could be done because they determined “other things to be more important.” Hopefully that means we will see [...]

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TeleNav confirms iPhone GPS navigator application

TeleNav has confirmed plans to offer a “turn-by-turn in-car GPS navigator app” that will be available for the iPhone 3G. According to the details, the app will offer users voice guided turn-by-turn directions, traffic-aware routing and they will be full color 3D maps. While they have confirmed their plans, they have not yet mentioned when it [...]

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Lost Your iPhone? Fear Not… (Video)

Mobifindr is an application developed by Navizon to help you find your iPhone if you happen to misplace it, or even if it is stolen. To locate your iPhone all you need to do is text your iPhone from another phone, and Mobifindr will do the rest, texting you back the location of your iPhone via [...]

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3G iPhone has already become the fastest selling device ever for O2

According to O2, more than 130,000 people have pre-registered for the new 3G iPhone model since its recent unveiling at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Only 35,000 people had pre-registered for the original iPhone between its unveiling in the United Kingdom on Sept. 18 and when it went on sale Nov. 9. The launch [...]

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UPDATE: TomTom’s iPhone Plans

This is a continuation of our coverage of the TomTom on the iPhone story. In brief, TomTom developed an App for the iPhone that makes use of the built-in GPS. This would mean a navigation system that is up to the quality of a stand alone unit. Then, it was discovered that [...]

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