My Experince @ Walmart regarding the iTouch ver 2

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Posted by E2EK1EL on Jun-02-2008 06:55:

My Experince @ Walmart regarding the iTouch ver 2

John
Hello, I was wondering if I can ask you a few question regarding the iTouch ver 2, it states it�s now GPS enabled. How does that work, is it through satellites or data? Since it�s not a phone, how can it transfer Data?

(Dude goes away and comes back)

Dude
You must be in a Wifi Area for the GPS to work.

John
You�re telling me, if I�m lost and I need to get from point A to B, I must be in a WiFi area?

Dude
Yes

John
What if the WiFi area I�m in ends in 2 feet? How do I get to point B then?

Dude
I have no idea; your signal will be lost.

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That doesn�t make any sense at all to me.

The question is, the iPhone ver 2, it�s GPS enabled also � I have a strong feeling it will be using Internet Data also.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Jun-02-2008 07:51:

It'll require a 3G connection but will have a real GPS receiver, not some clusterfuck cell-tower triangulation system that'll approximate your position with piss-poor accuracy.

They'll never equip the phone with the maps in memory. They will come down via HSPA for sure.

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Jun-02-2008 15:11:

Is this rant against Walmart employees or iTouch?

Posted by NuERA on Jun-02-2008 15:30:

so do you hate apple or walmart?

Posted by TranceGrooves on Jun-02-2008 16:39:

Re: My Experince @ Walmart regarding the iTouch ver 2

quote:
Originally posted by E2EK1EL
John
Hello, I was wondering if I can ask you a few question regarding the iTouch ver 2, it states it�s now GPS enabled. How does that work, is it through satellites or data? Since it�s not a phone, how can it transfer Data?

(Dude goes away and comes back)

Dude
You must be in a Wifi Area for the GPS to work.

John
You�re telling me, if I�m lost and I need to get from point A to B, I must be in a WiFi area?

Dude
Yes

John
What if the WiFi area I�m in ends in 2 feet? How do I get to point B then?

Dude
I have no idea; your signal will be lost.

*****************************************

That doesn�t make any sense at all to me.

The question is, the iPhone ver 2, it�s GPS enabled also � I have a strong feeling it will be using Internet Data also.

Are you John or Dude?

Posted by UmmiE on Jun-02-2008 16:53:

Are you serious or joking ?

Posted by kotsy on Jun-02-2008 16:59:

quote:
Originally posted by NuERA
so do you hate apple or walmart?

the smart person would say both

Posted by TranceGrooves on Jun-02-2008 17:09:

quote:
Originally posted by UmmiE
Are you serious or joking ?

Are you talking to me or John or the Dude?

Posted by E2EK1EL on Jun-02-2008 17:53:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
It'll require a 3G connection but will have a real GPS receiver, not some clusterfuck cell-tower triangulation system that'll approximate your position with piss-poor accuracy.

They'll never equip the phone with the maps in memory. They will come down via HSPA for sure.

That's what I'm wondering ... The BlackBerry's also have GPS, but it has to use Data to run it. It's not a real GPS receiver built in ... b/c it uses TeleNav.

Posted by UmmiE on Jun-02-2008 18:06:

quote:
Originally posted by TranceGrooves
Are you talking to me or John or the Dude?

I was just pulling Johns leg.

Posted by chinamon on Jun-02-2008 18:14:

quote:
Originally posted by E2EK1EL
That's what I'm wondering ... The BlackBerry's also have GPS, but it has to use Data to run it. It's not a real GPS receiver built in ... b/c it uses TeleNav.

it does have a proper gps receiver because you can buy garmin maps for the blackberry for $100 and it doesnt use data.

Posted by E2EK1EL on Jun-02-2008 20:47:

yes i see, it's the whole TeleNav BS they are pulling ... pay monthly price plus Data when you don;t need it.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Jun-02-2008 21:06:

quote:
Originally posted by E2EK1EL
That's what I'm wondering ... The BlackBerry's also have GPS, but it has to use Data to run it. It's not a real GPS receiver built in ... b/c it uses TeleNav.

From what I gather on Telenav's site, you either have to have a phone with a GPS receiver built in, or you have to use a Bluetooth GPS receiver. It merely pulls down the map data (the tiles) from the mobile provider's data network... I think.

Posted by jalalinator on Jun-02-2008 21:57:

june 9th new iphone release date..

Posted by chinamon on Jun-02-2008 23:18:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
From what I gather on Telenav's site, you either have to have a phone with a GPS receiver built in, or you have to use a Bluetooth GPS receiver. It merely pulls down the map data (the tiles) from the mobile provider's data network... I think.

correct. my 8310 only downloads data when using gps when it needs to refresh the map.

Posted by RandomGirl on Jun-03-2008 00:42:

Re: My Experince @ Walmart regarding the iTouch ver 2

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL

Your first mistake was asking a Walmart employee.