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The first killer app for a next-gen magnetometer-equipped Apple iPhone (with video)
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The first killer app for a next-gen magnetometer-equipped Apple iPhone (with video) Friday, May 08, 2009 - 08:59 AM EDT For a magnetometer-equipped Apple iPhone (please see related article below), the first killer app may be "Google Maps Street View in Compass Mode," Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. Street View "allows you to scroll through thousands of 360-degree panoramic street-level photographs of locations in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan," Elmer-DeWitt reports. But an Apple iPhone with a built-in magnetometer would take "Street View one step further. Rather than having to drag or click to navigate the images of a particular ...
What will the iPhone be able to do with a digital compass?
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The new iPhone's compass will allow it to do a lot of interesting stuff. We're imagining there will be some excellent apps that allow you to make a 3D rendering or a Quicktime VR using the camera with GPS and compass. It will also help out in the driving applications, especially at low speeds where the GPS can't figure out which direction one is traveling in.
Here's a simple use of Google Streetview using the Android's compass. Via Appe 2.0. Another video below.
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