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  • TomTom Updated for iOS4

    TomTom, the GPS navigation company whose turn-by-turn navigation products have been highly popular with the App Store community since the debut of the software in August of last year, have today updated their suite of GPS applications to support iOS4. (more…)

  • Getting Around with Navigon MyRegion

    I’m not a person who actually needs or relies on a GPS system for travel.  Not to be a stereotypical guy, but I know my way around my state (Maryland if you happen to wonder).  However, sometimes, I need directions in the city or when heading to a neighbor state, say to visit my father or a vacation.  With the recent drop in price of Navigon’s award winning navigation app, I decided it was high time to purchase my first GPS app. (more…)

  • Your GPS Location Is No Longer Confined to Generic Maps

    Your current GPS location on a map. Old news, right? Most definitely. But your current GPS location on a map of your choice? Now that’s pretty exciting. (more…)

  • GPS Tracking Comes to iPad This Week, With LOCiMobile

    If you’ve ever needed to find someone and their current position on Earth, LOCiMobile might just be what you’re looking for. (more…)

  • Submit Your Data to Skyhook Wireless and Use Location Data on Your iPod touch

    Have any of you heard of Skyhook Wireless? It’s the reason the GPS  in your iPhone is so fast. The company keeps track of the location of Wi-Fi hot spots around the world, giving it second look up times to all kinds of devices. But, some of us haven’t experienced that glowing blue circle, that symbol of location actually working. These poor souls, own iPod touches. (more…)

  • Breaking: Apple’s iPod touch 2nd Gen to get A-GPS module. – [Updated]

    [Update – 03.09.08] – (1.14am GMT)

    Apple has confirmed it will hold a special event on September 9th 2008.
    The entire iPod line is now expected to be overhauled in both design and feature-sets.

    Original Article:

    With the certainty of Apple holding a special event sometime in late September, discussion has now shifted towards what might be added to the iPod product line, to get it ready for the holiday season.

    In a claim by iDealsChina, the people responsible for leaking an accurate factory-state mold of iPhone 3G before it’s release, they now claim to have ‘insider’ information from employees and designers who are involved in designing the iPod touch and iPod nano, that Apple’s second generation of their iPod touch line will introduce GPS. If true this will mean iPod touch will be the first and only iPod, to incorporate a GPS chip …

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  • Twinkle = Twitter + Location + Style – [Updated].

    [UPDATE] – 31.08.08

    Tapulous recently pushed an update to the App Store for Twinkle.

    Version 1.1 Fixes include;

    – Fixed an issue where corrupted image could cause Twinkle to crash.
    – Toned down notification sounds.
    – Toned down starry background.
    – Fixed an interaction problem when composing messages by moving the Send button out of the
    keyboard.
    – Increased text color contrast to enhance legibility.
    – Localized units of distance.
    – Overall increases in performance and stability.
    – URL scheme twinkle:// now launches Twinkle from other applications, including Safari.

    Original Article:

    I’m not a big twitter user, but when I do use it, I like to be able to use it in a user-intuitive and easy fashion.
    This is where Twinkle from Tapulous comes in …

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