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- Unhappy customers flaming Apple and each other over iPhone GPS issues
Filed under: Odds and ends, Bugs/Recalls, iPhone
There are quite a lot of posts on the Apple support forums discussing whether nor not the upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0 and later releases has trashed the GPS functionality of the device.
At last count there were 24 pages, a high percentage from users in Europe who claim that moving to 3.0 eliminated GPS functions, and all they get is Wi-Fi geolocation or cellular network triangulation.
As often happens, the passion devolves to nasty comments going back and forth, but clearly, some people are having a GPS problem which Apple is not acknowledging as a bug. They are giving some people new phones, but others aren't getting them because their iPhones are out of warranty.
Here's a typical comment from one poster:
"I could not get a satellite GPS (blinking blue dot) on my iPhone, while two other phones running 3.0 like me, got it within seconds. So I returned my unit, and got it replaced. The new phone got a correct GPS signal at once and according to MotionX GPS it was correct within 8 meters.
This leads me to the conclusion that OS 3.0 makes GPS not work on some iPhones (not all). Replacing the unit was the only solution for me, and it worked.
I recommend it to anyone who never (or almost never) get a GPS satellite signal."
Some are blaming their cell service provider, others are blaming Apple. Others are saying it was fixed by the recent version 3.1 update. Of course, with any new hardware/software there are problems, and with millions sold, a lot of reports will surface. What's odd here is that some people are solving it with resets, some with new phones, others with turning 3G off. There just doesn't seem to be any consistency in the solutions, which is probably driving Apple crazy.
Hope these folks get this problem sorted out, and Apple dives in and finds a solutions, or more likely, solutions.
Thanks to Torstein in Norway for the tipTUAWUnhappy customers flaming Apple and each other over iPhone GPS issues originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - Apple - Unofficial Apple Weblog - TUAW - Global Positioning SystemПереслать - Desert showdown: the Vegas Mate app vs. Frommer's paper guide
Filed under: iPod Family, iPod touch, App Review
A number of weeks ago we went on a vacation to Las Vegas, and I was curious to see if an app can replace a traditional tour book. I picked the most respected tour book I knew, Frommer's Las Vegas 2009 by Mary Herczog; and an iPhone/iPod touch app called Vegas Mate [iTunes Link] which trucks on years of experience and data from an established Las Vegas review site.
The Vegas Mate app sells for $4.99 and is almost wonderful. It provides a wealth of immediate information. From the Concierge button you can get current Las Vegas news. It's always interesting to read what's going on behind the glitz. I didn't know, for example, that the most of the MGM/Mirage board are about to be indicted for insider trading. There's a listing of all the events and shows, along with where and when they are playing.
The Nearby button uses the GPS function to give you a listing of the hotels, restaurants and activities with the closest ones displayed first.
Tapping the Hotels button gives you a list of hotels on or off the Strip or a full listing. Tapping on a hotel brings up a screen with information including basic cost, the nearest Monorail station and a fairly useless map with stick pins representing what's around, but no walking directions. Squeeze the screen and you'll get a lot of real estate on the map, but the unmarked stick pins didn't seem remotely useful.
What was useful was a history of each hotel, a live phone number, and a listing of all the restaurants in the hotel. Tap on one and it'll tell you if the place is open, a few paragraphs about each, a phone number and sometimes even a menu (which can take quite awhile to load using 3G). The most valuable part to me was user ratings of just about everything.
Since Ratevegas.com has been around for years, users post reviews and those show up in the app. This was useful since we found that the Criss Angel show was rated poorly by most all reviewers. We had advance tickets and the consensus was right on the money. We also found that the new house show at the Mirage, Terry Fator, who won the TV show 'America's Got Talent,' was terrific; although we had never heard of him, we bit, and it was one of the best shows we saw all week. This is very very good stuff.
Tapping on the Restaurant button delivers an alphabetical listing with a useful red or green symbol telling you whether the place is open or closed in real time. You can filter restaurants by cost from $ to $$$$$ which is just a rough indication, since there is no legend accompanying the dollar signs. Other information includes listings of shows and nightlife.Continue reading Desert showdown: the Vegas Mate app vs. Frommer's paper guide
TUAWDesert showdown: the Vegas Mate app vs. Frommer's paper guide originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sponsored Topics: IpodTouch - IPhone - TUAW - ITunes - Terry FatorПереслать - iTunes 9: App Management
Filed under: iPhone, App Store
One of the great new features in iTunes 9 is app management; I've been begging for this one (among other things). We can now organize our pages (and pages) of apps right in iTunes, no more dragging jiggly icons across 9 or 10 screens. I'm ecstatic (and wondering what took so long).
From Apple's website:
[...] it's easier to organize all the apps on your iPhone or iPod touch, because now you can do it right in iTunes, right from your computer. Shop the App Store on your computer, iPhone, or iPod touch. Then go to your iTunes library to arrange (and rearrange) your apps and add (or delete) Home screens. iTunes automatically syncs your new Home screens with your iPhone or iPod touch.
TUAWiTunes 9: App Management originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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