GPS Simulation using Google Maps
November 29, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Apple, Apps, Cell phone, Google, Mobile 2.0
In the Philippines, we have a location-based SMS service that alerts family members of your approximate location. The service is not free, but has been used in the past by consumers who want to know where their loved ones are – that and really paranoid boyfriends.
In the new version of Google Maps, a new feature caled “My Location” is aims to simulate GPS by showing you approximately where you are currently located. The feature is compatible with most mobile phones — but ironically enough, not with the iPhone, that has by far the best implementation of Google Maps.
LG KU580 and the “Google Phones”
June 22, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Cell phone, Google, LG
Apple is doing it. So is LG. And the tech industry has been abuzz with Google partnerships. Take for instance the LG “Google” phone that upon further inspection, doesn’t really offer much apart from Google-bundled applications. The only reason I would see why I would want this particular model would be because it looks like a slightly better Chocolate.
If phone manufacturers did it right, a Google partnership would offer incentives to making searches on your phone. This in paper does make sense to advertisers, as your phone’s real estate is confined to a 240 x 320 screen that allows for …read more
