Even if the iPhone had a gps, it is unclear in any of us would be
permitted to develop location services within Cingular's very closed
location platform.
In a WiFi network, however e.g. the prospective Google/Earthlink network
in San Francisco, all this phone needs is a placelab or loki style
geocoded WiFi mac address lookup. I will be very suprised if a Google
or Apple label Wifi positioning app is NOT available the time the phone
hits the market in June, or at the latest when Google's SF net goes
live. Given Eric Schmidt's role on the Apple board, and Google's
stated intentions to support the San Francisco network with contextual
( location based) ads, this looks like a sure bet to me.
A Skype stiyle VOIP app will be a nice addition too.
- Mike
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