We all woke up to the good news of Apple's announcement on the availability of the new iPhone OS 3.0 yesterday morning, which means that Mobile Safari is now location-aware for users who have upgraded to the new OS. To take advantage of this new feature, we've made our mobile site location-aware as well.
From today onwards, iPhone and iPod Touch users running the new OS will be able to use their current location when searching for directions on gothere.sg/m.
When prompted, simply allow gothere.sg/m to use your current location, and the search will be based on the location provided by your iPhone.
Note that this feature will only activated if you have upgraded to the new OS. If you haven't upgraded, you won't be able to see the link to "get your current location".
Besides a location-aware gothere.sg/m, there are plenty of other goodies that the iPhone OS 3.0 brings. So check it out now!
The Android browser (HTC G1 & Magic) is also location aware. Yet, I don't see the location aware feature on my Magic.
I tried http://m.flickr.com/nearby/ and that works.
Wow! That's great!
How abt using the GPS hardware in Win Mobile devices to get current location? Or at least make yr app 'location aware' in WinMob? Google Maps Mobile is able to do it, so it shld be technically possible. :)
My God. I just got to Singapore a while ago, and I was bitching about 'why hasn't someone done an app that just knows where you are, and all you have to do is tell it where you want to go?' But - you have done that! This is brilliant! Love it!
Would like to see a 'touch' function on the map, like a 'dropped pin,' to serve as a destination marker rather than having to type it in, but that's a minor thing and I'm sure you guys are already working on it!