Chicagoist: Because You Needed More Cell Features ...

JoeM500

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:57:53 -0600

The new Verizon phone in today's press release is just like the iPhone, only on a good network with twice the internet speed and almost double the features.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:29:49 -0600

Google Maps in my BB8800 works awesome.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:04:46 -0600

6: The sun helps during the day. The grid system in Chicago helps during the night. As for the 'burbs on a cloudy day or night, I can't help you there.

Spav1

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:20:22 -0600

I DO wish my cell had a compass. I can never tell what direction I am going. And Matty, don't say, "but you should know by where the lake is". There are BUILDINGS in the freaking way.

guest

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:12:30 -0600

Would be cool if they add a feature to cell phones that help you find goodlooking whores. All the ones I keep seeing look like dogshit.

guest

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:06:11 -0600

just keep on trying someday you'll get it right

matty

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:57:46 -0600

FUCK i meant Navteq gets its money from the consumer (as opposed to google gets its money from the consumer" which I wrote above. Jesus I suck at commenting.

matty

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:56:28 -0600

matty

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:55:30 -0600

Olivia, If you look closely you would see that Google's mapping data for most of the country is provided by Navteq. Other areas of the world are provided by TeleAtlas. Google licenses the map data, they do not own it, though they probably could. Also, google gets its money not from the consumer but from companies who want to license GIS information services from them. As far as I know many car comapanies use Navteq either directly or indirectly for their on board GPS systems.