http://gigaom.com/2008/09/30/broadcom-combines-gps-and-wi-fi-for-location/ Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2008/09/30/broadcom-combines-gps-and-wi-fi-for-location/#comment-148466 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:01:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22990#comment-148466 [...] It also benefits from the fact that it’s a neutral provider, making it more attractive as a partner for chip makers such as Broadcom and software companies such as browser-maker Opera. And, of course, [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/09/30/broadcom-combines-gps-and-wi-fi-for-location/#comment-148465 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:44:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22990#comment-148465 [...] need three main things: a way to get location (which we have thanks to GPS chips and even the ability to triangulate using Wi-Fi networks), software that can make sense of geographic information and do something with it (which are out), [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/09/30/broadcom-combines-gps-and-wi-fi-for-location/#comment-148464 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:08:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22990#comment-148464 [...] users, but for anyone interested in mobile VoIP applications or any of the social applications that use Wi-Fi to pinpoint their location, having Wi-Fi continuously enabled is a [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/09/30/broadcom-combines-gps-and-wi-fi-for-location/#comment-148463 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:14:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=22990#comment-148463 I wonder where they came up with that concept. Another point for Apple’s iPhone that has had hybrid GPS since 1.1, and now blends hybrid into satellite driven GPS with 2.0+ I recently wrote on my blog about the iPhone’s GPS, which surprised me with its abilities. Here’s the link if you’re interested. http://johnkendrick.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/iphone-does-gps/

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