Friday Fun Rumor: 3D Turn-By-Turn GPS Navigation for iPhone Post 2.2?
Huge rumor. No corroboration. Not journalism. Posting this from a first time, antonymous tipster and if it doesn’t pan out… well… I’ll be boiled in clam chowder eventually anyway… But it’s Friday and this is FUN. Of course, Dieter already told us about the complicated legal quagmire surrounding turn-by-turn GPS, but dagnabit, we wants it!
Apple has begun quietly demonstrating an internally developed iPhone GPS Navigator program that includes turn-by-turn, 3d views etc. Visually, it is very similar to Tom-Tom, but with the expected Apple eye candy. They were sketchy about the details, but it seem that this will not be part of the core software (I.E. they intend to charge for it). It was also unclear whether they were using cellular-based data to share traffic information, but some of the screens seemed to indicate that it would.
Our nameless could be friend — might be prankster — says this will be released after 2.2, but in time for the holidays.
Are we getting played? Or is this happening? Again — not news, not reliable leakage, but pure rumormongering at its most unsubstantiated. Take it for what that’s worth.
October 17th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
You tease you!!
October 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I heard that LifeInPocket (which is free and with turn by turn voice navigation) will support iPhone. I saw that in a news article.
October 17th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
As long as it saves the maps on the device.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I wonder if turn by turn is possible on jailbroken phones
October 18th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
It is sad that the instinct has turn by turn gps and the iphone does not
October 18th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I agree with John on this. Its simply sad that Apple didn’t have this at launch of the 2G iPhone much less the 3G iPhone. Even though its the standard TeleNav GPS system that is on many other smartphones, it works very well with the Instinct because of the large screen. Hopefully, Apple does the right thing and adds many new features that should have been added in the last firmware updates in the 2.3 firmware update.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
See Dieter’s article linked to above. There may be nasty legal reasons why Google Maps + Turn-by-Turn are unavailable on the iPhone…
If so, should Apple ditch Google to get Turn-by-Turn from another service??
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/08/21/turn-by-turn/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Getting the data over the cell network is bad. It means the cost of using it abroad is prohibitive.
October 20th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
The following app was published Oct 8. It has self contained map data on iPhone and routing with directions. 3D graphics. Anyone else notice this? I just came across it today.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RecentlyAddedIphoneApplications-PinchMedia/~3/426235645/viewSoftware
November 25th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
“It is sad that the instinct has turn by turn gps and the iphone does not”
It is sad that the iPhone doesn’t even have something as simple as COPY AND PASTE. Freaking unbelievable!
December 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Any update to this turn-by-turn thing?
February 11th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Check out xGPS
http://www.gizmag.com/xgps-iphone-turn-by-turn-navigation/10973/
http://xgpsdev.xwaves.net/