iPhone getting GPS feature – so?
December 31, 2007 by colbert low
Filed under Announcements, Cellphones
Looks like the iPhone is getting GPS features in the next firmware update 1.1.3 around early 2008. What does this iPhone firmware update 1.1.3 do ? It’s reported to add semi-GPS capabilities, based upon cell triangulation and multi-destination SMS texting capability to the iPhone.
I call the GPS function semi-GPS since there’s no GPS receiver on the Apple iPhone and it will only be using 3 Cell towers from the Mobile Providers triangulate and provide GPS-like coordinates. It won’t be as accurate as GPS tracking but at least it will work in subways and tunnels that have mobile reception.
Update 1 Jan 2008: Check out the iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Preview screenshots OR see a real GPS module for the iPhone in action
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