Any good navigation apps out yet?

[CBell]

Like turn-by-turn directions, spoken directions, etc?

 

[vandy1997]

No.

 

[robbieduncan]

Turn-by-turn navigation is still, as it ever was, specifically outlawed by the SDK agreement all developers agree to.

 

[ajnicho]

Turn-by-turn navigation is still, as it ever was, specifically outlawed by the SDK agreement all developers agree to.

Why is this?

 

[robbieduncan]

Why is this?

You'd have to ask Apple: the wrote the document, not me.

 

[CBell]

What about unofficial apps? Or should I ask that in another board?

 

[firewood]

Why is this?

We can only guess. Maybe there's some glitch in the GPS hardware which indicates the opposite direction 1-in-a-million times, and Apple didn't want to get sued for the head-on collision death of the millionth user watching their iPhone instead of the road? Maybe the map data provider didn't want to pay for liability insurance either?

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[ilfn143]

no background running app no turn-by-turn. imagine u using gps and receive a call, you pick up the phone and a turn coming up. if it's turn-by-turn it has to come from apple, make it like ipod function so it can run in background.

 

[needthephone]

yes there are several.

Some allow you to email you location to someone and othes can track your route on a featureless background so you can see a sqiggle of where you have been !

All the other phones have turn by turn directions but I can email my location so all in all way to go apple you really do know how to satisfy your users!!!!