Google Releases GPS for your phone, Gizmodo reports, with ads

If you click on the picture you can see the full screen shot better. But its a shot of my Google Feed Reader showing a feed from Gizmodo showing GPS manufacturers stock dropping today.

'Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget]'

The funny part is the ad at the bottom for Garmin's new phone with nav; the nuifone.

Talk about your perfect ad placement. HA.

-Bastian Gatten

Tweetie 2.0 app review

Tweetie 2.0 is out! With all new features it is probably one of the most longly awaited apps of the year. Well one of mine of anyways. And unlike my uncomfortable wait of TomTom's navigation software; this time my excitment was met with that warm fulfillment like the first time you turned on your iPhone. Oh yes. It was that great.

Lets get into some of the new features shal we?

I think the auto landscape feature throughout the entire app has to be the best part. Because I don't know about you but sometimes I feel like some landscape; sometimes I don't. Although the UI seams strangely familiar to the first version of Tweetie. Do not be fooled. The new version is an entirely new app that runs smoother with a more managable, user friendly, UI and is just as fast if not faster with a load of more features.

The old bubble look is gone and has been replaced with a more solid stream of posts. Also there are tiny blue, stunningly, glowing orbs at the bottom to let you know if new tweets, mentions, or direct messages.

And getting updates are just too smooth too. When at the top of the timeline when you drag the screen down it will automaticly refresh and make a cute little pop noise when you release. Very catchy I must say. Don't forget to notice the search bar at the top too so you can search though all your tweets, replies, and messages.

Tweetie 2.0 now also has offline mode. So you can still browsed though tweets offline, manage favorites, and draft new message that can me synced and sent the next time your are online.

There is autocomplete so your not having to remember all your crazy ass friends crazy ass usernames. I am in love with that part. And while your are drafting a message if you have multible accounts and want to send with a different account you can click the top and select a different account while your message stays the same. The settings are even easier to work through.

Now for a few little downers which always come with every app out there. The push notification isn't really much of what it should be. Like getting @replies for example. It doesn't sync with the desktop app. But if you don't have a mac and just a PC you won't care about that cause you can't get the desktop app. And now for the major downer... You are going to have to pay $2.99 USD for this app even if you paid for the first version of Tweetie. But hey you've got one of the best smart phones out there that you payed at least $200 bucks for. So what is another few more to you right?

All in all if your looking for what looks like the best tweeting app for the iPhone/iPod Touch; look no further. You are not going to find anything better. At least not for now.

There are a few more features that I didn't really mention like video upload for you 3GS owners and of course all the old features from Tweetie 1.0 are available in this app of which most have been improved.

Now go and inform the world of your presence in 140 characters or less.

-Bastian Gatten

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iPhone app review for Sound Pedometer GPS Lite

Today I downloaded and test drove the Sound Pedometer GPS Lite App for the iPhone and iPod touch. This actually works pretty well. But I couldn't get it to work right away. You kinda have to give it a bit. You also kinda have to play around with the sensetivity to get it just right for you. I tried it indoors so it wouldn't be using the GPS as much to really see how accurate it was. I was actually impressed. Everyone at work got a laugh out of me walking around with this thing making a noise every time I took a step too. I was using the cartoon tone.

The lite version doesn't store history or do any other kind of measurement except for steps. But it was pretty cool. A pretty basic app. The sounds do get a bit annoying after a while but you can turn that off.

You can get the full app for $2.99 USD and get the options to save your walk, maps, distance, history and more.

But if your just wanted to know how many steps you have taken the lite is all you really need. So check it out and if you like go for the full version. I am going to run this for a test tomorrow at work inside a metal building that gets no GPS signal. Wish me luck.

For more info on this app see below

Download free app here

Get the full version here

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Lite App Description

We add the sounds of footsteps to pedometer.
These are crystal effect, boots, high heels, robot walk, cartoon step, kick drum and so on.
(This is not a joke application!)

Pedometer with the step sound has three advantages.
1. You can know the correct step count .
2. Easy to adjust your setting of pedometer.
3. Very fun!

Lite version specifications :
- Display latitude and longitude of current location only about GPS.
- No history, map and setting screen.(but you can set the sensitivity on main screen)
- No functions of sending mail, saving history and configurations.
- Add information screen

more information, please visit to our website!
http://iphone.iiv.jp/

Full App Description

Ver1.1
- Add the distance unit of feet, mile and km.(switch them mutually)
- bug fix

We add the sounds of footsteps to pedometer.
These are crystal effect, boots, high heels, robot walk, cartoon step, kick drum and so on.
(This is not a joke application!)

Pedometer with the step sound has three advantages.

1. You can know the correct step count .
2. Easy to adjust your setting of pedometer.
3. Very fun!

Also our pedometer has the alert of each distance and/or each step count.

Other feature:
- Easy to see GPS status.
- Recording path you moved and viewing that by Google Map.
- Save the data of start/stop date, step, distance ,path and send them by email.(csv format and map url)
- Two GPS path recording mode of full time and part time(between start and stop).(GPS - iPhone only)

Operation example:
1. Press 'Unlock'+'Start' button at the same time.
2. Wear your iPhone. (*1)
3. Walk, jog or run.
4. Press 'Unlock'+'Stop' button at the same time.
5. Check step count and so on.
6. Press 'Save' button.
7. Press 'history' tab.
8. Press a history row.
9. See your moving path on the map.
10. Press 'Mail' button and send your location data.

(*1) : select upper/lower switch on the setting screen
upper : recommend the pocket of shirt
lower : recommend the pocket of pants
Set a iphone on its edge or doesn't work.
If a loose pocket, wrap a handkerchief etc. around iphone to fix a loose pocket.

Please Note :
The main function of this application is pedometer.
It works without GPS device or GPS reception.
When iPhone receives GPS signal, a red dot on
'step' screen movies on a circlre. If a red dot
doesn't move at all, this means GPS signal doesn't
reach iPhone. In other words this application
can't show correct speed, distance and location.


more information, please visit to our website!

http://iphone.iiv.jp

What's new

ver 1.1
- add distance unit of feet, miles and km. switch them mutually.
- add Google API key.
- bug fix.

Screen Shots