Iphone update 2.1 with Turn-by-Turn?

[.:MirrorminD:.]

It seems the new beta 2.1 (not to be confused with update 2.0.1, which will fix some bugs in the current firware) update will add some improvements to the GPS aspect of the phone. The phone will not only know where you are, but what direction you are going and at what speed. I guess we'll have to wait and see.



cash edit: Here is the release notes for the SDK for 2.1 from an anonymous tip.

iPhone SDK for iPhone OS 2.1 beta 1 - ReadMe
iPhone SDK and Xcode 3.1.1 Developer Tools for iPhone OS 2.1

This is the first beta of the iPhone SDK targeting iPhone OS 2.1, including bug fixes to
iPhone OS as well as an early implementation of the Apple Push Notification Service
API. This API is not yet integrated with a live push server.

Advisories
NOTE: iPhone SDK will run on Intel-based Macs running Mac OS X v10.5.3 and later.
• Use iPhone OS 2.1 beta 1 for development only. This new version should only
be deployed on devices dedicated for iPhone OS 2.1 beta 1 development and
cannot be used for developing iPhone OS 2.0 applications.
• Updating devices to iPhone OS 2.1 beta 1. By installing the iPhone OS 2.1
software beta on your Authorized Test Devices, these Devices are permanently
“locked” into testing mode and cannot be restored to iPhone OS 2.0.


iPhone SDK Release Notes for iPhone OS 2.1
beta 1
Contents:
Known Issues
New Features
Known Issues
Documentation
NEW: iPhone OS 2.1 beta 1 includes a partial documentation set, but there is no complete documentation set
available for download. You can continue to use iPhone OS 2.0 documentation for existing API and conceptual
material.
iPhone Simulator
iPhone Simulator does not support network home directories.
The version of Foundation in the simulator platform includes functionality not included in iPhone OS. To ensure
functionality is not used that is not present on iPhone, check the documentation for availability information.
UIImage
FIXED: UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera displays the camera preview correctly when in portrait
mode, but results in an image to not be drawn in the provided view.
FIXED: UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera results in an image being rotated by 90 degrees when in
landscape mode in the live camera preview.
FIXED: When the UIImageJPEGRepresentation or PNGRepresentation function is called, the data that is output
is always Orientation Right, regardless of the orientation of the passed UIImage.
You have to specify the image extension to -imageNamed: to get results.
UIKit
FIXED: Hiding UINavigationController causes the view to not be resized to fill the entire window when
rotating.
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FIXED: UIDatePicker shows the wrong date when selecting some dates.
Applications using UINavigationController cannot be launched in landscape mode.
UILabel
Including the degree character in a format string disables text updates to a UILabel object.
UILabel
ignores its contentMode property.
UIScrollView
After zooming, content inset is ignored and content is left in the wrong position.
UIStringDrawing
UILineBreakModeTruncateHead
and UILineBreakModeMiddleTruncation do not work properly for multiline
text.
UITableView
UITableView ignores separatorStyle and separatorColor.
FIXED: The list of styles available for UITableView specifies "Indexed" and "Grouped" as the two available
options; however, the headers and documentation refer to “Indexed” as “Plain”.
UITextView
objects embedded inside a UITableViewCell never receive touches.
It is very, very expensive to customize row heights (via tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath.
Unable to resize table wider than the screen.
UITextField
UITextField
cannot be made to resign first responder once offscreen.
UITextView
FIXED: UITextView’s loupe ignores the underlying view's background color.
Setting UITextView.editable to YES should not automatically show the keyboard.
UIToolbarController
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-[UIToolbarController setSelectionIndex]
doesn't work for members of the viewControllers array that
are offscreen.
UITouch
UITouch
is not adjusted when a layer has a transform applied to it.
UITouch
does not properly handle multiple taps from multiple fingers.
An application will not receive UITouchPhaseBegan if a swipe begins on or above the status bar.
UIView
Many UIKit controls cannot be resized properly if initialized with a CGRectZero frame.
animationDidEnd
fires too soon and can cause animations to stutter if you do too much work in the callback.
If a view subclass implements -drawRect: then the background color for that view subclass cannot be
animated.
UIViewController
UINavigationController
won't resize content view automatically if barStyle is changed to/from
UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent
.
If a view is detached from a given UIViewController as a top-level nib object, but connected as an outlet, the
view's origin is incorrectly moved upwards by approximately 24 pixels.
UIViewController
does not support fading to a different view when rotated to landscape.
UIWebView
UIViewController
does not auto-rotate when added to a window that is rotated already.
Links don't highlight when WebKit is single threaded.
Media
MPVolumeView
cannot be created using Interface Builder. To use an MPVolumeView, create it programmatically as
you would a normal UIView and call sizeToFit, as follows:
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(originX, originY, width, 0);
MPVolumeView *volumeView = [[[MPVolumeView alloc] initWithFrame:frame] autorelease];
[volumeView sizeToFit];
[myView addSubview:volumeView];]]
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iPhone SDK Release Notes for iPhone OS 2.1 beta 1
Xcode/Developer Tools
You may only use .png files for application icons for the device.
The iPhone SDK is designed for Intel-based Macs and is not supported on PPC-based Macs.
Xcode and the iPhone SDK only work in 32-bit mode; 64-bit mode is not supported.
When running and debugging on a device, be sure to turn off Passcode lock.
Using the Xcode menu Run > Start with Performance Tool > <instrument> does not work even though it is
enabled. The application is not uploaded to the device. When the application is already present, Instruments
targets the local machine and "Target failed to start" appears in the tracks.
Trying to debug two applications at the same time on the same device fails with a broken pipe error in the
debugger console.
Instruments will act unpredictably with multiple devices attached.
New Features
Apple Push Notification Service
NEW: The client side APIs for the Apple push notification service, located in UIApplication.h, are included in
this release.
NEW: The server side APIs to send notifications from your server application to the Apple push notification
service will appear in a forthcoming beta release.
© 2008 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Last updated: 2008-07-23)

Sources:
IPhone 2.1 Update to Bring Turn-by-Turn GPS? | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/24...functionality/
iPhone roundup: Apple seeds 2.1 with new GPS features, possible copy/paste, also completely out of phones - Engadget

[Poseidon79]

Maybe we won't need TomTom or Garmin after all.

[rusty778]

I say shenanigans unless thats a European iPhone, but then why would they be looking up seattle?

[.:MirrorminD:.]

Originally Posted by rusty778

I say shenanigans unless thats a European iPhone, but then why would they be looking up seattle?

There is no actually pic yet, so i just grabbed any pic from google maps, i guess ill remove it so this doesnt happen again

[powa]

i'd say TomTom and Telenav map could still be useful. Consider Apple might still be using Google Map, it doesn't support 3D, and also it requires 3G data. Whereas if TomTom and Telenav are to release their Nav software on iphone, it's possible to have the map being installed into the iphone device and not require 3G data for routing.

[bluemax189]

ill still be grabbing tomtom or telenav, which ever comes first. Google maps is nice, but the 3d turn by turn is alot more useful imo.

[pfcfury]

Originally Posted by powa

i'd say TomTom and Telenav map could still be useful. Consider Apple might still be using Google Map, it doesn't support 3D, and also it requires 3G data. Whereas if TomTom and Telenav are to release their Nav software on iphone, it's possible to have the map being installed into the iphone device and not require 3G data for routing.

That is GIGS of info. The Cadillac and other DVD navs run in cars are done on 3 Seperate DVDs divided into 3 Regions around 7.9 gigs of maps on each region which is East Coast, Mid West, and West Coast. I mean I dont think that would be pulled off. Theres alot of data there.

I think 3G will need to be implemented unless they figure out how to compress all that data.

[pingwhen]

Wooot I love update

[JedixJarf]

Mmmm, turn by turn.

[xfsasx]

tomtom maps are less than 1gb for the usa if you take out the Canada maps

[babybia175]

why don't they just partner with tomtom and get it overwith, it's probably going to happen eventually, DO IT NOW. i just updated my 1st gen phone to 2.0 yesterday and now i want more stuff for it. it made it feel like a brand new phone! love it!

[brianiino]

dude i just Pwned my 3G and now theres another update... sheesh... ima be fine with not knowing how fast im going.. :P

[babybia175]

Originally Posted by brianiino

dude i just Pwned my 3G and now theres another update... sheesh... ima be fine with not knowing how fast im going.. :P

i'm with you on this one. i don't need a secondary speedo gauge...

[lostwhiteboyy]

so then i guess that means wed have to hope that the new pwn works on the new firware for jailbreaking?

[Numberzz]

I probably wouldn't be using it very much. I usually can just look at where I am in relation to the place I am going and I can usually find my way.