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CNET's Kara Tsuboi takes a new mobile traffic mapping service around the San Francisco Bay Area.

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by scc4fun November 12, 2008 10:18 AM PST
iPhones cannot currently run Java applications. "has to be able to run Java applications, like Blackberries and iPhones"
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by DigitalFrog November 12, 2008 10:21 AM PST
If they really want to get people to buy into this, they should offer a discount on their wireless bill for participating. Otherwise, I think a lot of people will decline based on the privacy issue.
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by John B. Kendrick November 14, 2008 7:43 PM PST
I think we will all be using our mobile phones for GPS before long. I recently wrote on my blog about the iPhone's GPS, which surprised me with its abilities. Here's the link if you're interested.
http://johnkendrick.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/iphone-does-gps/
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