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Real-time Traffic GPS for the iPhone

by Smithee on September 18, 2009. Software 5 comments.

Soon. As in, October-soon. It looks like the first iPhone app to bring us real-time traffic alerts, and that comes with offline maps, will be the Navigon MobileNavigator (Earlier CNET review. iTunes Store link.) The AT&T Navigator (CNET review) also has live traffic data, but takes more time to download maps as you go, and while initially ... Continue reading this article…

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Do You Want RFID in Your Mobile Phone?

by Smithee on June 26, 2009. Consumer 2 comments.

Håkan Djuphammar, VP of Systems Architecture for Ericsson, made a prediction recently that all new mobile phones sold after Summer 2010 would have two-way RFID chips in them that would allow them to act as a tag or a reader. If what you just read sounds like technobabble, watch this short news excerpt to get up ... Continue reading this article…

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iPhone Finance (Mostly) Apps, Vol. 1

by Smithee on August 1, 2008. Software 7 comments.

It’s barely been a month since the iPhone update which allows people to download applications written by 3rd-party developers, and there are already more than 1,000 to choose from. Here are a few of the more promising entries in the field of Personal Finance: Loan Shark (Web | iTunes) It’s unreasonable to expect that a person, when presented ... Continue reading this article…

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