6 posts from August 2008

Have you ever been lost?? Well if you are anything like me, even a native of our great city gets confused at times.  With all the one way streets downtown and the constant road construction, its easy to throw any traveler astray. But not with the iPhone!!! The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System signals, that enable GPS (GNSS). The GPS uses a constellation  of between 24 and 32 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwavereceivers to determine their location, speed, direction, and time. GPS was developed by the United States Department of Defense.  The iPhone enables a constant GPS which means that where ever you go, your GPS keeps up with you.  It's as simple as typing in your final destination and selecting "route" and this wonderful application will take you anywhere your heart desires.

 

Above you will see the YouTube icon boxed in on the Apple iPhone interface.  This another extremely useful Mobile Application offered.  From the desktop of your Mobile Phone you can access thousands of uploaded videos from YouTube visitors across the world.  Not only can you access videos but with the proper equiptment, you can upload them directly to the internet.  Once logged into YouTube you can comment on videos and watch as many as you wish.  YouTube is a valuable tool for quick reference and demonstration of whatever you desire to look at. Also it is an added bonus to keep your kids entertained for hours!!!

With technology so readily available now it is easy to access the Internet at many different locations throughout the day.  You may check your email at work, school, the library and your cell phone.  However one of the great benefits about Mac, or more specifically the new 3G iPhone is the capabilities of the iTunes store and the iPod features.  From your iPhone you can access the iTunes store and download, purchase and listen to podcast, artists, and new releases.  You can virtually find any artist you desire and instantly purchase their song(s) for .99 from your iPhone.  You can sync your iPhone with your iTunes library and have your entire music genres at your fingertips.

Mobile Applications have come so far within the past few years.  There are limitless possibilities as to what you can do now with and from a mobile phone.  The possibilities are endless.   Who would have ever thought that it was possible to check email, search the web, access and use social networking sites, use a continuous global positioning system, access satellite radio, check the weather, access iTunes and iPod capabilities, and many many other applications.  It truly is a remarkable new feature and much of Mobile application success is credited to Web 2.0.