GPS Directions on Mobile Phones - Not Ready for Prime Time
After using a lot of dedicated mobile GPS units, and handhelds, I have become accustom to some of the features that are present in these devices, like readable screens, easy data entry and high quality directions. The idea of having an easily usable direction service from your GPS mobile phone seems like a stretch right now. Well an article popped up today relating the uses of a GPS equipped mobile phone based directions service, and the message is that they are not quite ready for prime time. If you have been using GPS’s for a while, you probably remember some of the earlier days when there were a lot of shortcomings, and you made up excuses for why you couldn’t pinpoint your exact location in seconds and navigate to another location flawlessly.
Well, the current crop of GPS devices, especially in the mobile GPS area from the major players, is rock solid on capabilities. They have come a long way. It appears that both the Verizon and Sprint services are lacking a bit right now in the short trial for this article, with poor Point of Interest capability, and slow location lock. The article points out that like most technology there is a period of time that the technology isn't quite right, and needs further refinement. It sounds like that's where we are at with these two executions of the service.
ReadMore at the Chicago Tribune.
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Posted by Scott Martin at June 12, 2006 8:26 AM
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