Tag: "GPS"

Black Friday Weekend Giveaway – Win an Xtand Go from Just Mobile

By Cristi | November 27, 2011 | No comment yet

A GPS is a device many of us carry along on vacations. When traveling in unfamiliar areas across the country and around the world, it is nice to have a little assistance to help you arrive at your desired destination. Today’s accessory giveaway will let travelers leave that Garmin or TomTom at home and use their iPhone 4/4S to navigate instead. We have partnered with Just Mobile to provide our readers a chance to win an Xtand Go.

The award-winning Xtand Go is a flexible mounting system that allows users to secure their iPhone 4/4S to the car windshield or dashboard with a glue-free sticker or suction cup. This handy little gadget lets users adjust the viewing angle of their iPhone and rotate between landscape and portrait modes, insuring optimal viewing while driving. The dock connector remains unobstructed allowing travelers to charge their device on the road.

Navigon Updates iOS GPS Apps

By Gabrielle | November 18, 2011 | No comment yet

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The German-based manufacturer of GPS devices and software Navigon has updated its iOS GPS navigation app with several important updates. The most notable of the updates is the possibility of downloading maps in the U.S state by state.

What would be the point of that you may ask? With the ability to download maps that focus solely on one state, users would save up to 1.7GB of storage space, the standard size of Navigon’s maps.

PadGadget Weekly App Series – Apps for GPS and Navigation

By Jillian | September 19, 2011 | 1 comment

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For today’s Weekly App Series we’ve found eight great apps to add to your iPad collection. We have included eight GPS and Navigation apps in this week’s bundle. Our editorial team goes through the data, picks the best and most interesting apps and then brings them to you on a regular basis.

By Lory | June 18, 2011 | No comment yet

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Gaia, like it’s very long title explains, is an offline map and GPS app for those times when you are without wireless internet or a 3G network nearby. So, once you have decided where to go on your hike, be sure to download a map of the area ahead of time and you will probably not get lost, probably.

Gaia uses topographical map software from mytopo.com to give you highly detailed maps that you can select and download for offline use. You can use these maps to help you track your hiking, biking, skiing, etc., trip by using your iPad’s location service. Remember, the iPad’s native location service is a battery gobbler, so you don’t want to overdo it with this feature unless you are sure you will have a way to recharge your iPad later.

By Juli | April 27, 2011 | No comment yet

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Apple has just released a statement, detailing how the company is using location data. This is an issue that we’ve covered extensively since researchers revealed last week that the iPhone contained a hidden file storing latitude, longitude, and timestamps.

In the statement, the company says, “Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so.” Apple claims that the iPhone is not logging location, instead, it’s keeping a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location (up to a hundred miles away). This is to help your iPhone quickly calculate its location when requested, for example, by an app. The iPhone uses a crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi and cell tower data generated by tens of millions of iPhones uploading their geo-tagged locations, which Apple says is all anonymous and encrypted.

By dag | April 25, 2011 | No comment yet

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An article published by the Guardian about the fact that both iPad 3G and iPhone keep track of their user’s whereabouts sparked an outcry amongst iOS users. After the issue went all the way to Washington, with a slew of senators and Congressmen demanding answers from Apple, civil lawsuits are now pouring in.

According to a Bloomberg report, a couple of iPhone customers in Florida are already suing Apple over the location tracking ‘feature’ introduced in iOS 4.

By Roberto | December 16, 2010 | 1 comment

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Since Apple released iOS 4.2 for the iPad things have become quite convenient for everyone. You can multitask and enjoy multiple apps and do multiple things with your iPad. You can conveniently hit the road, listen to your Pandora collection or music library on your iPad while at the same time use a navigation system like Navigon’s MobileNavigator on Apple’s tablet.

By dag | June 22, 2010 | 2 comments

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While PadGadget was running a story about the MobileMe “Find My iPhone” feature earlier today, a manhunt leveraging the service was actually taking place in the streets of San Diego, Ca.

According to the Mercury News, when an Apple employee got to his downtown San Jose home to find that his two iPads had been stolen, the first thing he thought about was to use the tablets to actually track down the thieves. Luckily enough, the employee is a MobileMe subscriber, and simply used the “Find My iPhone” feature to find out where his iPads were.

After alerting the police, the victim was invited to join the manhunt, and used the iPhone version of the “Find My iPhone” app to help the officers track the thieves’ whereabouts. In a matter of hours, the team found the iPads in the backseat of a car, and immediately arrested its owners. According to the Apple employee, “it was really amazing [...] the officers were all for it, they were really excited about it”.

The burglars are expected to be arraigned in Santa Clara County Superior Court tomorrow.

“Find My iPad” and MobileMe – Is It Worth $99 A Year?

By dag | June 22, 2010 | 7 comments

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Apple’s Find My iPhone service is pretty nice, and is a cool way to track your iPad if it goes missing (just like this guy). The service works via a dedicated app you can install on any iOS device, or via the web.

Besides being able to find out where your device ended up, additional nice features are offered, such as the ability to remotely:
- make your iPad ring so you can find it quickly
- display a message on your iPad screen
- lock your iPad with the password of your choice
- completely wipe your iPad’s memory, to make sure any sensitive and/or private data does not fall into the wrong hands

Problem is, even if the app is free, the service is not, as it requires a MobileMe subscription to work, something that will cost you $99/year. So is it worth the price tag? Unless you happen to use MobileMe for other features such as Storage, Address book, Calendar, Gallery or iDisk, purchasing a MobileMe subscription just for the “Find My iPhone” security features is simply way too expensive.

By dag | June 17, 2010 | 1 comment

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Eric Boehs, a guy who thought he accidentally threw away his iPad and iPhone, managed to track them via GPS, and taped his journey while trying to retrieve them. The guy simply used the “Find My iPhone” feature available via MobileMe to find out where his gadgets were.

When he located his devices, the guy realized that his iPad and iPhone were not in a trash truck as expected, but were picked up by a driver who found them on the road. Eric actually left both iPad and iPhone on the roof of his car, left for work, and the gadgets fell off while he was driving.

Unsurprisingly, both iPhone and iPad were severely damaged and beyond repair, so if you do not want to end up like this guy, make sure you put your devices inside your car next time you hit the road…

Zagat To Go on the iPad

By Cristi | May 6, 2010 | No comment yet

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With summer vacation right around the corner, it’s time to starting thinking about all the apps you need to install on your iPad and take along with you. Zagat To Go is one such app. For $9.99, you get a year’s access to restaurant ratings and reviews for cities from around the world.

Whether you’re in your home town looking for something new or you’re in Paris, France searching for fine French cuisine, Zagat To Go has got you covered. With the iPad’s GPS, the guide helps you find nearby restaurants in a flash and then instantly reserves a table for you using online reservations.

If you’re a foodie, you’ll want to check out Zagat To Go to find that next great spot whether it’s around the corner or around the world.

What’s the Difference Between the 3G and WiFi Only iPad?

By Bill | May 5, 2010 | 34 comments

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Now that both the WiFi and 3G iPad models are available, we’ve been getting a lot of questions asking the differences between the two iPads. Here are five things you need to know.

1.) The biggest difference between the two is the addition of 3G wireless capabilities which allow you to stay connected to the Internet while on the go. To use the 3G service you’ll need to sign up for one of two iPad data plans. One plan gives you 250MB for $14.99 while the other is an unlimited monthly plan for $29.99. Both plans are limited to domestic US coverage. You have the option to sign-up for international roaming if you need coverage while traveling abroad, but be careful as international roaming fees can be extremely expensive.

By Roberto | April 30, 2010 | 2 comments

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The iPad 3G has been released today in Apple stores, and developers are already bringing new experiences to it. If you own an iPhone, you may already be aware of CoPilot Live. It has been a widely known iPhone app. Now, ALK Technologies, has decided to bring the app to the iPad 3G, which will be renamed to CoPilot Live HD.

With the additional screen space the 2D and 3D maps are less cluttered. The directions and turn-by-turn instructions are more spaced out, which makes it less distracting for you while on the road. CoPilot Live HD will use the 3G connection for the built in GPS receiver, which is non existent on the iPad Wi-Fi version.