> > The maps ARE "on board" for all common GPS car navis ("really big" > > 256MB-flash card e.g.). > > In *cars*, not phones. btw: there have been on-board(!) navi solutions for phones(!) even before iPhone hit the market.
> This is the *Openmoko* list. We're talking > *phones* here. Sure bout that? > I don't think any phones are going to come with > navigation data built in. Good point. In fact you have to buy the software separately. see TomTom e.g. > For example Blackberrys have GPS but do not > have the maps built in. That data comes from the network. Same with > the new iPhone functionality, which uses Google Maps. So what? > And I presume no > Openmoko phones are going to ship with location data. I hope so! I'm not eager to pay for data i might never use. But OM/GTA ships with card-slot for data cards. OTOH i'm sure GTA never will ship with a software that inevitably is sending my GPS data to any outside database. What means this "patent" to OM/me than?? This is the *Openmoko* list. We're talking GTA here, not business models of service providers like google-maps. Will my GTA break, when google gets involved in a lawsuit about some patent? > Your personal > feelings about how location data should be used don't really map to > the way most expect to use phone + gps technology. Now you're absolutely sure here? j _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community