I completely agree with you (this was the exact point that I was making). Even if you're in an area with good cellular coverage, there are going to be occasional dead spots which means that your navigation app will suddenly stop tracking.
Grant On 4/14/13, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Yes that's true on the other hand, if you have no phone access because > you've found yourself in a dead zone, there goes your GPS navigation. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Hardy" <grantha...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:56 AM > Subject: Re: GPS program info needed > > >> Apple uses similar branding to refer to other products, such as the >> iPod Classic and iPod Video, which don't have internet access. I don't >> know off hand what the letter 'I' signifies in terms of branding but >> it wouldn't refer to "internet." Keeping in mind that apps like >> Navigon can already work without an internet connection, this doesn't >> really have anything to do with it. It's an app developer's choice as >> to whether or not maps are going to be stored locally, and I imagine >> part of it is simply convenience and economical use of storage. For >> example, Blindsquare can work almost anywhere in the world with no >> need to download several gigabytes of maps first for offline storage. >> There's a huge convenience there. But of course, that convenience >> comes with a price which is that you can't use the app in question >> without internet access. >> >> Grant >> >> On 4/13/13, Ari Moisio <ar...@iki.fi> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> the 'i' in Iphone means internet so i doubpt this will change soon. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS >>> Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 >>> hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 >>> 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 >>> >>> >>> Grant Hardy kirjoitti >>>> Subject: Re: GPS program info needed >>>> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:05:24 -0700 >>>> From: Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> Correct, BlindSquare, Ariadne, Apple Maps, and every other navigation >>>> software that I know of that announces crossed streets relies on a >>>> cellular data connection to get the maps in realtime. 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