Re: Apple's Next Target: The GPS Market
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:33:31 -0400
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<colalovesmacs-06F907.10282723062007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Oxford <colalovesmacs@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"gimme_this_gimme_that@xxxxxxxxx" <gimme_this_gimme_that@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Rumors are going around that Apple is creating a GPS system for
Mercedes.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/unconfirmed/apple-making-gps-for-mercedes-269564.
ph
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Where is the Microsoft GPS?
towards the end of the new iPhone "guided tour", Apple talks about the
iPhone with Google Maps, it ends pretty quickly, but worth looking over.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/guidedtour.html
a curious question... who really owns the gps satellites? companies like
garmin don't seem to charge a fee for use, so is it some kind of
government service like NOAA or just what?
Yes. GPS is a defense department project. (And the US military still
retains the capability to introduce inaccuracy into the civilian signal
on a selective basis. Which is one big reason China and Europe are
looking into building their own systems.)
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