Comments on: iPhone SDK - opening the floodgates ? http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/43 Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:22:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rich Sharples’ Blog » Blog Archive » iPhone - first impressions http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/43/comment-page-1#comment-40 Rich Sharples’ Blog » Blog Archive » iPhone - first impressions Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:21:27 +0000 http://blog.softwhere.org/?p=43#comment-40 [...] the appearance of a decent application market for the iPhone. Apple just announced that they are encouraging a developer ecosystem - so the apps. will no doubt start appearing this summer. Also, if you can’t wait - you can a [...] [...] the appearance of a decent application market for the iPhone. Apple just announced that they are encouraging a developer ecosystem - so the apps. will no doubt start appearing this summer. Also, if you can’t wait - you can a [...]

]]> By: sharps http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/43/comment-page-1#comment-33 sharps Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:31:36 +0000 http://blog.softwhere.org/?p=43#comment-33 I've never really found a need to use my cell-phone as a modem; a combination of email on my Treo and broadly available WiFi means I'm rarely without someway to connect to the inturweb or collect email when I'm traveling. I like the idea of Apple (or someone) - bringing location-awareness to Google Maps (eg. via bluetooth GPS) - as much as I like TomTom - I do find their maps / directions a bit out of date compared to Google. I’ve never really found a need to use my cell-phone as a modem; a combination of email on my Treo and broadly available WiFi means I’m rarely without someway to connect to the inturweb or collect email when I’m traveling.

I like the idea of Apple (or someone) - bringing location-awareness to Google Maps (eg. via bluetooth GPS) - as much as I like TomTom - I do find their maps / directions a bit out of date compared to Google.

]]> By: Liam Greenwood http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/43/comment-page-1#comment-32 Liam Greenwood Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:22:17 +0000 http://blog.softwhere.org/?p=43#comment-32 I have the Tom Tom GPS software on my Treo, and am going to sell it - replaced it with a small GPS device. The problem I have is that I still had to carry 2 devices, the phone and the little GPS box, plus I had to carry the bulky power cable. I found if the GPS box went flat then you had no GPS service for a period until the box charged. I found out, of course, in the rental car at the airport! I got most of the way to the hotel using Google Maps on the Treo before the box got enough charge to get a signal. The other thing that I don't like is that if you get a call while navigating the directions stop for the duration of the call. So if someone called at the wrong time I would invariably end up missing some turn. I like converged devices - so would like to see how the iPhone's location/mapping works out in practice. I'd also like to see if it's webbrowser and soon to come (I hope) ssh client work well enough that they would offset the fact that you ca't use the iPhone as a modem, as you can with the Treo. Cheers, Liam I have the Tom Tom GPS software on my Treo, and am going to sell it - replaced it with a small GPS device. The problem I have is that I still had to carry 2 devices, the phone and the little GPS box, plus I had to carry the bulky power cable. I found if the GPS box went flat then you had no GPS service for a period until the box charged. I found out, of course, in the rental car at the airport! I got most of the way to the hotel using Google Maps on the Treo before the box got enough charge to get a signal. The other thing that I don’t like is that if you get a call while navigating the directions stop for the duration of the call. So if someone called at the wrong time I would invariably end up missing some turn. I like converged devices - so would like to see how the iPhone’s location/mapping works out in practice. I’d also like to see if it’s webbrowser and soon to come (I hope) ssh client work well enough that they would offset the fact that you ca’t use the iPhone as a modem, as you can with the Treo.

Cheers, Liam

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