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Friday, July 24. 2009
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Google Latitude on iPhone = Fail
Eric Zeman at InformationWeek echoes sentiment heard round the Web about the new addition to the iPhone's browser, Safari, that enables Google's location sharing app, Google Latitude. The issues he points out include poor location determination (it does not use GPS) and more importantly, it runs into the chronic "apps can't work in the background on the iPhone" problem.
To Google's credit, it notes this limitation publicly, which is just another poke at Apple to solve the problem.
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Tuesday, July 21. 2009
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Apple Patent App: Better Estimation of Travel Time
MacNN reports on the application filed in 2008, but only recently revealed. As I understand it, the system uses crowd sourced information, along with specific information about the vehicle in question, for better time prediction. Titled, Adaptive Navigation System for Estimating Travel Times, the patent is authored by Brett Gregory Alten.
via Apple Insider
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Monday, July 20. 2009
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Microsoft Knows Some Geography Principles
How do I know?
"Microsoft is planning to open the first of its planned retail stores next to existing Apple stores this fall." per MaryJo Foley at C|net. I wonder if a Dell kiosk will appear nearby? Or maybe other phone stores? This could be interesting.
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Friday, July 10. 2009
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Apple ID app Patent Application: More Information About Object Around You
The patent is called "Systems and methods for identifying objects and providing information related to identified objects," or ID app for short. It revolves around a solution for somehow identifying (via RFID, GPS, photo, etc.) an object and then comparing it to a database of objects to provide further information on the object. There are already some apps out there that use photos of objects or photos of barcodes for just that purpose.
- InformationWeek
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Tuesday, July 7. 2009
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TomTom Shares More Details on iPhone App
Most of the details relate not to the software but the hardware package, known as the Car Kit. They come from Tom Murray, Vice President of Market Development for TomTom. To enhance the experience and remove some of the hardware barriers of the iPhone, it will include:
- a GPS chip(!) which will be in use when the device is docked
- speaker
- mount
- microphone to make the phone into a speakerphone
- cable for power/charging
- cable to link to car stereo
A few of the more important features are still up in the air. Map Share (TomTom's user update mechanism for data) may or may not be included. My sense is that eventually it will be part of the app; it may just not make the first release. Pricing is also up in the air, though Murray suggests the company is leaning toward a single price and not a monthly subscription. Map updates would then be pay as you need them. The delivery mechanism for what might be an app with very large datasets perhaps of 1Gb (wi-fi only?) is also undecided at this point.
- MacWorld (the page says copyright 2007 in one spot - oops!)
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