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Recurring Leaked Info; 2nd Gen iPod touch to Have GPS

It is believed that Apple will update their iPod product line (particularly the iPod nano and iPod touch), within the next two weeks. Among news that has trickled in before the official release, the inclusion of GPS in the 2nd generation iPod touch has been making the rounds.

We have previously reported about the upcoming iPod [...]

Apple SDK Terms Block Turn-by-Turn Navigation on iPhone 3G

MSNBC reports some rather interesting news about Apple’s iPhone SDK terms and the potential inclusion of Turn-by-Turn Navigation on the iPhone 3G.

Previously, MacBlogz has reported that GPS features were possibly seeded with iPhone Firmware 2.1. Additionally, a crafty find regarding some expanded Core Location items, which could in theory allow for turn by turn GPS [...]

Mobile Map Usage Experiencing Rapid Growth

InformationWeek reports that “Users around the globe are increasingly turning to their mobile phones to get directions, according to new data from ComScore.”
“The report found that 8% of U.S. wireless subscribers and 3% of European mobile subscribers accessed maps from their mobile handsets between March and May 2008. This represents a growth rate of 82% [...]

Copy-and-paste, turn by turn GPS? Lets hope so

According to AI, one crafty developer has uncovered possible references to cut-and-paste within the framework of the iPhone SDK.  Could this possibly be the answer to perhaps the most requested feature for the device?
“One notes that in exploring the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj in the current iPhone WebKit framework, there are entries for several commands [...]

[poll] TomTom plays nice with Apple, realizes it can’t compete with iPhone 3G.

We’ve reported before about how Garmin and TomTom (GPS navigation device makers) have been scared sh*tless about Apple’s iPhone 3G. Well, nothing has changed on that front, but TomTom has decided to jump into the Lion’s Den (or the Snow Leopard Den) and offer up their software to run on the iPhone.
TomTom says it:
“already has [...]