Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle Maps Mania has just highlighted Enkin, a slick new augmented reality program that is being built for the Android platform. You’ve probably seen demos like this before, but this one sounds like it’s pretty much ready to launch. The developers say that some Android hardware will have the necessary components built in (compass, GPS […]
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Public transportation now available on Google Maps Mobile
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just updated Google Maps Mobile to version 2.2. The primary enhancement in this version is public transit — now you can get information on bus, train and ferry routes right from your mobile. You can download the application by visiting this link with your phone, or you can read more on the Google […]
3D Earth product in the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle Earth Blog has a story about a digital earth product called Earthscape. Earthscape is a desktop program that aims to be similar to Google Earth (and others). It may end up being a decent product, but that’s not the point of this post. At Where 2.0 last week, GEB author Frank Taylor was shown […]
Mobile demo of Virtual Earth at CES
Reading Time: < 1 min(via VE / LM) Yesterday at CES in Las Vegas, Bill Gates showed off a completely fake but completely cool demo of Virtual Earth on a handheld device. The technology used in the demo is still a few years away, but it’s a cool glimpse at the future. One thing that stood out to me […]
Yahoo Go 3.0 released, with a nice version of Yahoo Maps
Reading Time: < 1 minAs reported by Mobileography, Yahoo has just released Yahoo! Go 3.0. Among the many features in this new mobile suite is a pretty good version of Yahoo Maps. In my brief testing, it seems very similar to Google Maps Mobile, though I give a slight edge to Google. Their app seems to load tiles a […]
Don’t forget about Google Maps Mobile for traffic info
Reading Time: < 1 minWith so many people traveling over the next 10 days, I thought it would be worth reminding you about the excellent Google Maps Mobile. The searching and directions are neat, but the live traffic is the real killer feature in this product. It saved us a good deal of time yesterday (don’t go down 75 […]
Location information in Google Maps for mobile — without GPS
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just released a new version of Google Maps for mobile today. This version includes a new feature called “My Location”. By using cell tower triangulation, it can pinpoint your location to within a few hundred meters. It’s not as accurate as GPS, but it’s pretty darn good. In addition, it can assist with […]
Verizon’s math skills are deteriorating
Reading Time: < 1 minI have Verizon Wireless for my cell phone and I’m reasonably happy with them. However, they seem to be having a very hard time figuring out what their rates are. First was the very amusing story of George Vaccaro, who couldn’t convince Verizon that $0.02 and $0.0002 were actually different numbers. Now we have a […]
Verizon doesn’t want us
Reading Time: 3 minVerizon is getting dumber by the day. I posted before about why we switched from Sprint to Verizon. Now Verizon is trying to hard to convince us we made a mistake. Last weekend we went to the beach. I figured I had three shots at internet access, since our condo didn’t technically have it: 1 […]
Jott seems quite useful
Reading Time: < 1 minHow cool is Jott? I just found this site today. You sign-up, give it your cell phone number, and then put their number in your speed dial. Any time you want, you can call that number and leave a message. The message will be transcribed and e-mailed to you – all for free! For all […]