October 6, 2008 8:03 PM PDT
Report: iPhone 2.2 getting Google's Street View
Maybe iPhone users won't have to covet one of those shiny new features in Google's Android operating system after all: Google Maps Street View.
The driver's-eye view is a prominent part of the first Android phone, T-Mobile's G1, which goes on sale October 22. But according to Mac Rumors on Monday, Apple has snuck Street View into the iPhone 2.2 firmware beta release.
Other new features described in the report include the ability to disable the typing autocorrect feature and the inclusion of 461 small icons called Japanese emoji characters.
The iPhone 2.2 firmware beta release is not expected until later this month.
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How can you make such a silly comment like that. Thats to show you how the place you are looking for looks like. Ohhhhhh and check this out just for you. I heard you think your girl is playing you so check this out. How about she says, Im going clubbing with my girls see you later tonight and then you want to make sure thats what she's doing well, find your iphone some use. Go to street view and fallow her to where she goes, what do you think? do you get it now?
yes its a lot of cutting edge technology from earlier this year but i guess it didnt reach your computer yet so let your iphone (which i doubt you have) have it. And thats it, there you have it
Its called a 'Me Too' feature.
If Google wants to do free push mail for the iPhone, it sure can work with Apple on it too. Of course, this doesn't do Google any good so I highly doubt it will.
Each company takes a different way to earn money. You going to pay for Android or Gmail? Just curious...
While street view is cool, and I have as much fun with it as the next person, for the iPhone, it isn't a make-or-break feature for me.
As for push with Gmail: again, nice, but not a make-or-break feature.
Secondly, I use it frequently to look at property addresses to see if they are prospective places to go visit and/or suggest for friends to rent/lease space.
It's also good to check out neighborhoods where kids are going
Just another use of this 'feature'. Bleah.
useless? absolutely!
Apple has produced a very slick piece of hardware with high quality software to match. I feel that google has a long way to go to catch up.
Streetview is hardly a make or break though.