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G-Park is a neat, easy-to-use iPhone app that allows you to bookmark the place where you parked your car. Apparently (I haven’t tried it myself, yet), it will work on older iPhones, as well as on the iPod Touch. Since there’s no GPS receiver in the first-gen Apple’s handset and iPod Touch, the tracking relies on cell tower triangulation and WiFi. Now that I’m thinking about it, I’m not actually sure how that will work with the iPod Touch. Heck, I’m not sure how that will work with the non-3G iPhone as well. Cell tower triangulation doesn’t seem precise enough for finding the car.
Guess the developer just wanted to show it can work on 2G iPhone as well. The real deal will be with the iPhone 3G where you’ll see the exact location of your car and even get some guidance along the way.
G-Park will hit the AppStore tomorrow, July 11th. In the meantime, you can simply use Google Maps and bookmark the place upon parking.
[Via: Gizmodo]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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