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Will 'turn by turn' directions ever come to the iPhone 3g?
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<blockquote data-quote="NPuter" data-source="post: 697875" data-attributes="member: 34479"><p>I just came across this interesting article about the iPhone 3g's GPS...</p><p>The article states that the iPhone GPS may be of too low quality to ever support turn by turn driving directions.</p><p></p><p>Most people have been saying, 'the hardware is there, just not the software...' However, according to this article: the hardware may not even be there.</p><p></p><p>This information about the GPS not supporting 'turn by turn' directions is stated to be directly form apple...</p><p></p><p>However, at the end of the article, Greg Joswiak stated that this information is false and that the iPhone GPS is the same as in many phones that do support 'turn by turn' directions...</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it is an interesting read:</p><p><strong><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2261" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">iPhone 3G GPS - Is it too small in the antenna department to be any good?</span></a></strong></p><p></p><p>--</p><p>Also, this Engadget article says that TomTom already has its mobile navigation software up and running on the iPhone:</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/tomtom-already-has-iphone-navigation-software-ready-to-roll/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">TomTom already has iPhone navigation software ready to roll</span></a></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess only time will tell...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NPuter, post: 697875, member: 34479"] I just came across this interesting article about the iPhone 3g's GPS... The article states that the iPhone GPS may be of too low quality to ever support turn by turn driving directions. Most people have been saying, 'the hardware is there, just not the software...' However, according to this article: the hardware may not even be there. This information about the GPS not supporting 'turn by turn' directions is stated to be directly form apple... However, at the end of the article, Greg Joswiak stated that this information is false and that the iPhone GPS is the same as in many phones that do support 'turn by turn' directions... Anyway, it is an interesting read: [B][URL="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2261"][SIZE=2]iPhone 3G GPS - Is it too small in the antenna department to be any good?[/SIZE][/URL][/B] -- Also, this Engadget article says that TomTom already has its mobile navigation software up and running on the iPhone: [B][URL="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/tomtom-already-has-iphone-navigation-software-ready-to-roll/"][SIZE=2]TomTom already has iPhone navigation software ready to roll[/SIZE][/URL][/B] I guess only time will tell... [/QUOTE]
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