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The iPhone Gets GPS through Navizon

Not the real GPS, though

By Elena Balan, Communications News Editor

20th of September 2007, 13:05 GMT

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One more problem solved. The iPhone will receive GPS technology as well, until Apple takes care of the official introduction of this feature in the phone. The assisted-GPS software Navizon is coming to bring the handset even
closer to perfection.

3G and GPS are two features that could certainly make a difference in what the iPhone stands for at this moment. A "wonder phone" that fails to provide these two popular features is no longer that wonderful. Apple has already started working on solutions for solving this problem and keeping their device ahead of all others.

The teenager that has managed to unlock the iPhone and received a Nissan 350Z for it promised that it will continue working on ways to improve this device. His next plans were those of putting GPS technology in it. With him and Apple working on the same thing, it should only be a matter of time until they actually succeed to efficiently include this feature in the handset.

Until this happens, Navizon will bring its services to make up for this lack coming from the iPhone. The service emulates satellite positioning by pinging cell towers and measuring the delay. What makes it work is that it knows where each tower is, so it can find any iPhone and plot the position on Google Maps. Unfortunately, this works only in the US and gives results estimated to stand within wide ranges, with no precise directions.

The matter of a 3G enabled iPhone is one that has aroused people to make demands from Apple on an upgrade. The European release was much awaited especially because everybody was expecting to see on this occasion an iPhone improved with 3G. The unveiling has taken place, showing exactly the same device as the one released in the US, but Apple promises to include this feature in the first half of year 2008.

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