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New Google Maps Mobile

Haven't seen this posted here yet.
Looks like Google released a new version of GMM. No longer do I get those pesky wininetread errors.
The new version is 1.2.0.2
I'm running Shadow as well.
Here's the link I used from pocket ie: http://www.google.com/gmm
The file is called: googlemaps_compressed
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Do you have a linky at all?
Matt

Link to new Google Maps
http://www.google.com/gmm/GoogleMaps.CAB

...or just go to google.com on your phone and you should get a link to if from there on the home page...
Smiffy.

Sadlybrokeboy said:
Do you have a linky at all?
Matt
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Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.

Plays nice in WM6
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.

Good catch.
The initial version of the program was pretty unuseable due to the error messages.
Hope this version is better!

agovinoveritas said:
Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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OK - I'm not taking it personally, I just thought it common sense to post a link when talking about a new peice of software - that's all
Cheers
Matt

looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans

weinson said:
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.
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amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view

hiimcliff said:
amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view
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Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?

agovinoveritas said:
Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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They also make Total Commander for PPC!!! get facts fight if your going to have a go at someone!!!

You dont have unlimited plans?
What a shame.......if you only signed up with fido previously! HA.
aximfan said:
looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans
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But no new features
Yes, the new GMM is nice, in that the wininet error is gone. I haven't played with it too much yet, but the one thing I DID notice is that there is still no hybrid view, with streets superimposed over a sat view.
Again, haven't played with it too much yet, but I haven't seen anything new, outside of the error fix. Has anyone noticed any new functionality?
-pvs
[EDIT] Well, I clicked around with it a bit, and while I AM happy they fixed the glitch, I'm saddened that they couldn't add a few new features, for instance:
1) Hybrid view, as mentioned above
2) The ability to move it's cache to a storage card
3) The ability to preserve my historical locations, searches and directions between upgrades
But again, I'm happy they fixed the wininet glitch. And I guess ... what do I want for free, right?
[/EDIT]

kinggofg;1310852 said:
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.

ChaoticDruid said:
Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.
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Agreed, sorry to wander...
I'm just excited to try the new GMM.
How about a legitimate use for an average person. Everyone needs GMM, very few need street views. Street view is the kind of thing that seems cool and you can talk about at cocktail parties, but you will never use. I use mapping software nearly everyday. And if they get traffic working, could increase productivity in this country by millions if not billions of dollars.

kinggofg said:
Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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yes. i love it. i live in nyc. now when i go somewhere that is unfamiliar i check it out on street view first so i know exactly what im looking for when i get there. i love it.

I will agree that the street view is not that important. It's more like a 'wow, this is cool' kind of feature.
All in all, this new release appears to be very stable. No annoying errors.
I think this is the future of GPS programs. It is much easier to distribute new maps when available, and add new features.
I envision a program similar to this which simply caches the maps you use most often on the device, and updates them via your data plan whenever an update is needed. If you go to a new city or state, the device starts caching the new area.

GPS works better. yey! You can now configure the GPS, so there's actually a chance of it working

new option in GMM
DTX is corrrect, there is now an option to specify which serial port your GPS is on unlike the previous version. I didnt find this useful because I always set my GPS up under Start-Settings-GPS but you do have an option now to over ride this setting.
I drove around all day yesterday trying out the new GMM to see if the WINNET error would reveal its ugly head and it didnt. I was even out in BFE yesterday and when I would loose cell coverage and then come back in the GMM went to work to catch me back up.
My only wish list thing would be to orient the map depending on which direction you are heading. This was a feature in Pocket Streets that I found very handy instead of playing a guessing game as to which direction to turn...
Enjoy!

App similar to G-Park for IPhone

Hi guys,
there is an application like G-Park for IPhone?
This application help you to remember where you have parking your car.
Do you know something like this for WM?
Thank you,
Andrea

Hey mate there is something similar to this,that also stores multiple locations.Has helped me countless times when i am drunk and trying to find my car
check it out here http://www.cradle-software.de/en/software/gpsspot

Lefti said:
Hey mate there is something similar to this,that also stores multiple locations.Has helped me countless times when i am drunk and trying to find my car
check it out here http://www.cradle-software.de/en/software/gpsspot
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Haha nice that you still can use your HD when drunk

Or try here... bit ugly.. but does everything you want.
And totally freeware
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-gparks.html

Zepiii said:
Haha nice that you still can use your HD when drunk
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More worried about using the car
Regards,
PK

Just load Google Maps when you park your car, save the location. Then when you want to find it, fire up Google Maps and get directions. Thats all the iPhone app does more or less. Pointless app.

nicelad_uk said:
Just load Google Maps when you park your car, save the location. Then when you want to find it, fire up Google Maps and get directions. Thats all the iPhone app does more or less. Pointless app.
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Very true.. but not so much use when roaming or when you have a bad data plan.

polakscot said:
Very true.. but not so much use when roaming or when you have a bad data plan.
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Very True, but it is exactly the same as G-Park.
I guess you could use TomTom which again would do the same, any GPS program that you have you can add a favourite then get directions to it.

if i remember right did tomtom not have last gps fix, i know i used it a few time when parking car in a big rally car park.

leggoman said:
if i remember right did tomtom not have last gps fix, i know i used it a few time when parking car in a big rally car park.
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I use TT all the while in large car park / new town situations.
When you park 'add to favourite' and call it 'car parked'.
When you use it again in another instance you can simply overwrite the old fave with the same name / new location.

TouchFLO 3D Weather Issue

Hi folks. I don't know what to do here. I have a brand new HTC Touch Pro2 (HTC Rhodium), as you probably know that this device offers TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO has a weather gadget built in it. When I go ahead and tell it to find my CITY, it doesn't find it. I give it my ZIP code, it doesn't find it, I give it a nearby ZIP code it doesn't find that one also, nearby city is not found as well. My zip is 18966, but in regards to weather forecast we use nearby ZIP code. My zip code belongs to two towns and the town that usually comes up for my ZIP is a bit far from me. So we always use nearby city's ZIP code. But this app doesn't find any of them. My zip is 18966, but for this purpose we always use 18954. This city is 5 minutes away, rather then using my real zip code 18966 that is also shared with a town that is 25 minutes away.
So what can I do to maybe input more zip codes to find? AccuWeather.com - finds all of the zip codes mentioned. What should I do??

You can only add cities which are already listed. But you can add any city that is listed in AccuWeather, using the editor in the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408918
A bit more cumbersome than it should be, but it works.

THANX!!!!!

redpoint73 said:
You can only add cities which are already listed. But you can add any city that is listed in AccuWeather, using the editor in the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408918
A bit more cumbersome than it should be, but it works.
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I asked my question in that thread. Thank You For Your Help!!

Or install this. It is much easier. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=81108

drewcam888 said:
Or install this. It is much easier. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=81108
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Thank You. But as I understand this is a separate application. So I will have that on my TouchFLO and then this one that I will install would be just an application? I don't really want to have another application. It won't be on my TODAY's screen. I would need to run it. Unless I misunderstand this app. Is this going to replace the one I have??

Great, now I'm freak'in toasted. I tried to follow the directions in the linked instructions and now I have no weather at all andit crashes the touchflow on my TP2.
I am on the original rom.
Any suggestions please?

drewcam888 said:
Or install this. It is much easier. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=81108
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This not only works and works well, but it also fixed the problem the previous link/instructions screwed up. Thank you con! Donation sent.

I am still having the same issue people, any help??

ilyabyk83 said:
Thank You. But as I understand this is a separate application. So I will have that on my TouchFLO and then this one that I will install would be just an application? I don't really want to have another application. It won't be on my TODAY's screen. I would need to run it. Unless I misunderstand this app. Is this going to replace the one I have??
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No, it replaces the original city/zip database with a much larger one, and the touchflo weather tab just uses the new database.

kierandill said:
No, it replaces the original city/zip database with a much larger one, and the touchflo weather tab just uses the new database.
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If so, than I need to understand this bit batter. If in future, after I do this, if I would need to do a hard reset; this won't affect it, right? If I do this, this will be permanently??

Help with your problem
If you don't mind doing a hard reset, then I would sugest that. You were given good info. go to the previous link. What you have to do is this. Have a storage card that you can download software to. keep a folder for the software that you have tried and want to reinstall if you have to do another hardreset. What you have to do is FIRST install MICROSOFT .NET CF 3.5 after that, then you can install CONFLIPPER NORTHAMERICA WEATHER v.5 After you do these two steps, then you can go to the WEATHER TAB and select to add a city. It will take a little while to get things going, but just be patient. I have it installed on my phone. I GOOGLED your zip. SOUTHHAMPTON,PA I then went to my weather tab and selected your city and it came up. As of 09:43 AM on Jan. 7,2010 the weather in your town was SUNNY 32% with a High of 37% and a Low of 26% for today. It works. Trust what you are being told. we all here were nubes at one time or another. We have tweaked and hacked our Smartphones. We share with everyone, so we can get help when we need it. This is just one issue. You will run into more and you will most likely get the answers that you need by keeping up with the forums. Try another browser called SKYFIRE. It's great. It is the browser that I have used almost since the day I got my TP2. Hope this also helps. Pay it foward!

gd761 said:
If you don't mind doing a hard reset, then I would sugest that. You were given good info. go to the previous link. What you have to do is this. Have a storage card that you can download software to. keep a folder for the software that you have tried and want to reinstall if you have to do another hardreset. What you have to do is FIRST install MICROSOFT .NET CF 3.5 after that, then you can install CONFLIPPER NORTHAMERICA WEATHER v.5 After you do these two steps, then you can go to the WEATHER TAB and select to add a city. It will take a little while to get things going, but just be patient. I have it installed on my phone. I GOOGLED your zip. SOUTHHAMPTON,PA I then went to my weather tab and selected your city and it came up. As of 09:43 AM on Jan. 7,2010 the weather in your town was SUNNY 32% with a High of 37% and a Low of 26% for today. It works. Trust what you are being told. we all here were nubes at one time or another. We have tweaked and hacked our Smartphones. We share with everyone, so we can get help when we need it. This is just one issue. You will run into more and you will most likely get the answers that you need by keeping up with the forums. Try another browser called SKYFIRE. It's great. It is the browser that I have used almost since the day I got my TP2. Hope this also helps. Pay it foward!
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Thanx for your help. I guess I need these steps explainув a bit batter. I get stuck at .NET 3.5. Where do I install it to?
P.S. I heard good things about this SKYFIRE. Shall I install it, do you recomend it? Thank You Guys for your help

download 6.5 it fixs everthing you hate about 6.1

Weather in Holland Pa
strange as I live in Holland PA also. Yeah 18966 comes up as Southampton, but that is only a couple miles away. It should all be good.(Weather wont be that different!)
Also if your on the 6.5 ROM the my location function usually goes all the way to my development by name!
Rgrds from a Fellow Hollander!

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download 6.5 it fixs everthing you hate about 6.1
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Hi. Thanx for your help. Where do I find it?? And what exactly will it resolve?? Can you name a couple of things??

rsmiley0 said:
strange as I live in Holland PA also. Yeah 18966 comes up as Southampton, but that is only a couple miles away. It should all be good.(Weather wont be that different!)
Also if your on the 6.5 ROM the my location function usually goes all the way to my development by name!
Rgrds from a Fellow Hollander!
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Not for me!! I need to find 18954 not 18966 (Richboro is closer to Holland/Northampton Township than Southampton)
But, it doesn’t find any of them. I turned it off, and I use regular Home Screen. Besides Regular Home screen also tells you what day of the week it is, TouchFLO 3D doesn't do it. I’ll be glad to try to update from my 6.1 to 6.5 though.

[Q] House hunting apps

Hi all,
having previously owned an iP***e and having applications such as rightmove and findaproperty i would just like to know if anyone has come across any android apps that do this particular job. Im looking for a house at the moment and these apps really helped me out before getting a quick insight in to house details before rerquesting a viewing. I currently us layar to get the details but it is a very long winded way of doing it.
Any advice would be great

Very +1 on this. Also had no luck on finding a good property app.
Sent from my HTC Desire

there is a immoscout24 app but afaik it is only useable in germany.
I also know that the AR browser layar and the located based service app Aloqua has such services but I think only for germany, too.

you could use layar with the Find a Property Overlay... works kind of fine for me

Speaking as an estate agent, why don't you register with an agent, throughout all these different apps/websites, the agent can tell you about new ones straight away rather than u waiting til it appears on the net. Our bargains tend to sell before they hit the net.

sr1ks said:
you could use layar with the Find a Property Overlay... works kind of fine for me
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Layar is perfect for this.

[Q] WM7 internet Data Counter

Good day guys.
I got my brand new omnia 7 and i was wondering abiout the possibility to keep in control the 3g data used per month.
is there any apps or any way to control the amount of data used (and i'm talking about the data used through the carrier).
Thak you very much

WM7? What's that?

GenkaiMade said:
WM7? What's that?
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oh s##t you right! I was hung up to Windows mobile but now is WP7.. I meant Windows phone 7. I don't belive there is not internet data counter!!!

I have a live tile on my homescreen which is a link to the following website;
http://wap.o2.co.uk/myo2account/myprepayallowance
This webpage gives me my remaining credit, how many free texts I have left and how much data I have left. So it provides a data counter.
This is for UK O2 Pay as you go, but I'm sure other carriers provide similar mobile web pages for their customers to see their account status.
There's really no need for an app. Just find out the URL from your carrier and pin the page to your home screen. Et voila!

Jim Coleman said:
I have a live tile on my homescreen which is a link to the following website;
This webpage gives me my remaining credit, how many free texts I have left and how much data I have left. So it provides a data counter.
This is for UK O2 Pay as you go, but I'm sure other carriers provide similar mobile web pages for their customers to see their account status.
There's really no need for an app. Just find out the URL from your carrier and pin the page to your home screen. Et voila!
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well... One of our cerriers doesn't provide such option... And besides, it is one of the minimum requirements that a phone like this should have... What surprises me the most is that no app has been developed yet... =[

murdok83 said:
well... One of our cerriers doesn't provide such option... And besides, it is one of the minimum requirements that a phone like this should have... What surprises me the most is that no app has been developed yet... =[
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Wait - Your carrier doesn't have a website? Who are you with, Joe's Garden Shed Aerial Sales?

Jim Coleman said:
Wait - Your carrier doesn't have a website? Who are you with, Joe's Garden Shed Aerial Sales?
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I don't know this guy, but I'd love to... anyway, my carrier (WIND) does have a website but it doesn't give the chance to track the amount of bytes that have been used... i know.. it's sad!!
Nonetheless, I keep saying that this option should be given for this amount of money

it is indeed a bit weird that a smartphone wouldn't provide this information, but hopefully MS wise up a bit and bring it in as part of an update sometime soon.
i don't believe you'll see a proper app for this (possibly a homebrew one might come along though) as the proper APIs for this haven't been made available (i think anyways).

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it is indeed a bit weird that a smartphone wouldn't provide this information, but hopefully MS wise up a bit and bring it in as part of an update sometime soon.
i don't believe you'll see a proper app for this (possibly a homebrew one might come along though) as the proper APIs for this haven't been made available (i think anyways).
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...BUT WHY???!!! Please, oh God, TELL ME WHY THEY DID THIS TO US ...
why couldn't they add these simple features like:
-Ringtones&vibrations loving each other
-Data counter telling you that you're spending way too much time online
-A camera that you can silence in order to take picture of your neighborhood
WHY... WHYYYYYYYYY?????

murdok83 said:
...BUT WHY???!!! Please, oh God, TELL ME WHY THEY DID THIS TO US ...
why couldn't they add these simple features like:
-Ringtones&vibrations loving each other
-Data counter telling you that you're spending way too much time online
-A camera that you can silence in order to take picture of your neighborhood
WHY... WHYYYYYYYYY?????
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Well one could equally well ask why your carrier refuses to share with you your data usage via its website.

Jim Coleman said:
Well one could equally well ask why your carrier refuses to share with you your data usage via its website.
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I like your sarcasms... Because you were sarcastic, weren't you?!
Anyway, it is like not being able to keep track of how many minutes we've talked... Mah, to be or not to be
...

i definitely understand what you're talking about. and yes there is still a lot missing. hopefully MS actually takes the time with these updates to implement some of these features which i don't think would take all that long to code. but for now, be patient. perhaps post your ideas on social.microsoft.com, as that is the direct communication line with them. and perhaps in one of the pinned threads (future updates i think it is), so that we can keep track of features we'd like to see.

murdok83 said:
...BUT WHY???!!! Please, oh God, TELL ME WHY THEY DID THIS TO US ...
why couldn't they add these simple features like:
-Ringtones&vibrations loving each other
-Data counter telling you that you're spending way too much time online
-A camera that you can silence in order to take picture of your neighborhood
WHY... WHYYYYYYYYY?????
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do we even know why you need a silent shudder???

some want it. from what i've read in the past, HTC phone's shutter sound obays the actual volume you set, so if you set the volume to 0, you get no shutter sound. this doesn't apply to Samsung and LG phones though. but i think having a silent shutter should be added.