please explain the GPS navigation

 

Its not real GPS.

What it does is wireless triangulation with cell towers to make a good guess (some people are reporting within 100 meters, which isn't exactly accurate compared to real GPS), and then it puts a marker on the google maps and moves it around.

http://www.navizon.com/

 

I've got it - it uses a combination of cell towers and known wifi access points to figure out where you are. Here in the city, its been getting decent accuracy, on the order of 50 meters.

Not something I would rely on, but fun to play with.

 

damn dude i want one... i gotta check urs out when i get come back from school

 

Hell yeah man, I was just about to call you and tell ya haha. I'm getting the tint today also, I'll take some pics for ya later.

 

i bought my mom an iphone for her bday and that thing is addictive

its so sick

 

so does it connect o any wi-fi connection or what?

 

Any wi-fi that is open, or you know the password to. Just like a laptop.

 

I've droped my phone a couple times...and sine day one not one scratch or crack...buddy must be rough with it..

 

i know about contracts with a new phone. i just don't want a contract again.

 

damn, i am wrong. i thought i read about that feature on the day it was released. now i don't know if i want to get it.

 

You can get it without a contract.

1. Buy the phone @ apple.
2. Activate at home using 999-99-9999 as your social
3. You will fail credit check, and it will offer you a gophone (prepaid, no contract) plan

There ya go.

 

so quick question on the ipod touch - anyone have kinda deep scratches on the back of their cases?

 

+1 Touch screen sucks.

I never had so many typos while trying to send a text, until I picked up an iPhone. No tactile feedback FTL!

 

I just got my iPhone and I couldn't be happier with it.