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iPhone's open-heart surgery on the enterprise
News It has a promised better battery life, and GPS (although no mention of battery life with GPS). After a good decade of ignoring the enterprise, and a year of seeing iPhone sales not making the grade, Apple has finally decided to give the corporate...
[June 10, 2008, 7:59]
'3G iPhone' speculation at fever pitch
News But as consultancy Analysys Mason associate Mark Heath says, Apple knows how to keep its iPhone secrets fresh: "People talk about having GPS capability in there, perhaps a slightly changed device to make it more suitable, more robust for some...
[June 6, 2008, 9:30]
Apple iPhone 3G review
Reviews We haven't had the iPhone long enough at this point to properly test the battery, but from our usage so far, we think it should last for around a day with moderate use of 3G and GPS. GPS is another notable addition to the iPhone 3G's artillery.
[July 11, 2008, 13:18]
Postcard
Downloads Main Features - Create a postcard by fetching a map of your current location using the iPhone's built-in GPS. Create beautiful electronic postcards on your iPhone. Well, now you can create electronic postcards with the same quality and finesse...
[March 25, 2009, 17:04]
Jobs demos GPS on iPhone 3G
News At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 in San Francisco, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs demonstrates GPS on the new iPhone 3G. Jobs shows how an iPhone travelling in a car going down San Francisco's famously crooked Lombard Street can be...
[June 10, 2008, 12:06]
HTC adds GPS to 'iPhone killer' range
News Launched on Monday, the device is the first handset in the range to include GPS and FM radio. The original HTC Touch has already been a phenomenal success, and the HTC Touch Cruise, with fully integrated GPS, adds another dimension to our leading...
[November 12, 2007, 12:39]
QlikTech taps into BI via the iPhone
News The business-intelligence firm QlikTech has released an application for the iPhone that uses the native multitouch and GPS functionalities of Apple's popular handset. The phone's GPS functionality is used to create location-aware reports.
[April 16, 2009, 13:08]
Broadcom chips get Wi-Fi positioning tech
News Location-based services are becoming increasingly popular, especially since the launch of Apple's iPhone 3G, which comes with GPS. The location applications that use GPS have been among the most popular applications downloaded from Apple's App Store.
[October 1, 2008, 9:17]
iPhone 3G reception problems: your information, please
Blog Lots of chatter on the net about iPhone 3G problems - dodgy apps, apparent firmware problems with responsiveness and GPS, and of course that rather lacklustre battery life. It's unlikely that the calibration on the iPhone is good enough for truly...
[July 22, 2008, 8:52]
Have Apple got it wrong with the iPhone?
Blog Comment The PSP promised so much but it took years before we started to see the accessories like the camera and GPS which were touted even before launch. Yes all handsets have their issues and problems - however, Apple iPhone is getting such strong...
[November 15, 2007, 21:56]
Apple readies patch for iPhone SMS flaw
News An attacker could exploit a weakness in the way iPhones handle SMS (short message service) messages to do things such as use GPS to track the phone's location, turn on the microphone for eavesdropping, or take control of the device and add it to a...
[July 3, 2009, 8:36]
Nokia announces Ovi application store
News For example, Nokia will use GPS technology built into phones to provide location relevant content. On Monday, the world's largest mobile-phone maker, which has been losing market share at the high end to devices such as Apple's iPhone, announced in...
[February 16, 2009, 12:36]
Nokia unveils touchscreen, Qwerty N97
News As with very recent handsets such as the T-Mobile G1 Android phone, the N97 includes both assisted GPS (A-GPS) and a built-in compass, enabling what Nokia calls "social location". The Nokia N97 is slightly larger and heavier than Apple's iPhone...
[December 2, 2008, 12:11]
HTC unveils the Touch Diamond
News The Touch Diamond has Wi-Fi connectivity, as well as GPS and 7.2Mbps HSDPA. In this case, with Windows Mobile having been upgraded to version 6.1, HTC has introduced what it calls TouchFlo 3D — a presentation layer incorporating ideas familiar from...
[May 6, 2008, 18:02]
Programmable chip set to cut smartphone costs
News The phone supports 3G wireless connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Take Apple's iPhone 3G as an example. With the new Sandbridge processor, a company such as Apple could program a single chip to handle all four functions.However, the main...
[November 11, 2008, 8:05]
First Android phone enters the smartphone fray
News The G1 also has embedded GPS capability that allows users to get Google Maps Street View on their phones. However, under the hood, the Google Android software greatly improves the mobile web experience for users, making it a compelling competitor...
[September 24, 2008, 8:27]
BETT on a busy week for tech
News Also of interest to the wider IT community will be new GPS products, which are increasingly essential to mobile workers. Much of the pre-show gossip has been around the long-expected Apple iPhone, which has been thrilling some digital music fans...
[January 8, 2007, 13:13]
First touchscreen BlackBerry unveiled
News Also known by its code-name, BlackBerry Thunder, the Storm's features include a touch-sensitive display, dual-mode functionality, integrated GPS and BlackBerry OS 4.7. Other wireless options include Bluetooth 2.0 with support for stereo Bluetooth...
[October 8, 2008, 15:34]
HTC unveils quartet of mobile devices
News However, it also has built-in GPS and can scan fingerprints and barcodes, so HTC is pitching it at everyone from delivery companies to hospitals and the police. Of particular note, given the advent of Apple's iPhone, with its pinch-action image...
[October 1, 2007, 17:31]
RIM gives BlackBerry a consumer flavour
News The software staff at RIM are also working on bringing more navigation and GPS-based tools to the gadgets following the August launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8310 model with built-in GPS. Bocking added: "GPS is one of those technologies we can see...
[November 8, 2007, 17:43]
