hello there. I want to use this app, but iw ould like to discuss something with you first. do you have any way of estimating how much data it uses? i want to upgrade my plan accordingly.
thank you mauricio On Nov 3, 2012, at 6:26 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's 15 USD. You pay it once and use it forever. Big part of the price is > it's own TTS that some users love and someone would like that it would use > VoiceOver only. > > I have to also mention that it uses paid high quality backend services for > OpenStreetMaps that I pay for each users all the time. I just can't lower the > price to be able to make this kind of app possible. But it's worth it anyway > :-) > > If you don't like it, there is alway Apple policy that makes returning the > app possible. App has been available for 6 months and I have seen one return! > > > On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:02 PM, matthew Dyer <matthewdyer...@msn.com> wrote: > How much is this app? Is there a way to try it first before I buy? > > Matthew > > > On Nov 3, 2012, at 1:23 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote: > >> When you select a target, it reports your distance and clock face to that >> target. When you were on a bus, were you sitting close to window and your >> device on the side of the window? You should do that, then device has GPS >> signal. Otherwise it uses cell tower estimation or even wifi based location >> that can be inaccurate or even wrong: I have seen that database of wifi >> locations is usually just okay but if some people have moved, they have >> moved also that wifi to new address and your location might jump! For this >> reason I have warning mechanism in BlindSquare if it notices this kind of >> "jump". >> >> So, please make sure you have clean coordinates on your places you are >> tracking and make sure you have best possible GPS accuracy when tracking. >> And let me know when you have tested it more. >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am confused about how to track. I set a place from within my places which >> was at an office I work out of. I set it up at my home address. It >> reported after I set it up that it was 0 feet; at the time, I ignored that >> message. I then got on the bus and while on route, started tracking the >> office. I first heard the target address and it reported 1.7 miles. I >> assumed that was the distance to the tracking location. However, as we got >> closer to it, the distance went up. When I got off the bus, I heard the >> distance reported as close to three miles. When I got close to the >> location, it reported I was about five feet away, but this occurred on a >> previous trip before I had set a location to track. So my question is what >> does the distance represent? Is it the distance from my house where I set >> the location to the actual location? By the way, when I reached my home on >> the return trip, I heard my address announced, as well as the tracked >> location of 0 feet. I thought tracking a location meant the closer you got, >> the smaller the distance to the location? Please explain how this works. >> Thanks. >> >> Les >> On Nov 2, 2012, at 1:30 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello! When you have searched the target (by category list, search, recent >>> places or My Places) and you are on page that shows name, address, phone >>> number etc. (what information exists for that place), there are two buttons: >>> >>> 1) "Start Tracking": BS starts to report constantly distance and clock face >>> direction where the place is. This is not "turn-by-turn" >>> 2) "Plan a route": BS finds what navigation apps you have installed and you >>> can start Navigon, TomTom, MotionX or Apple Maps to navigate to selected >>> target. BS will stay on background reporting street crossings and POIs >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:58 AM, keith weatherly >>> <musicma...@walterharper.org> wrote: >>> hello, i just bought the blindsquare app today and i was just wondering how >>> do i get it to tell me how to get from one point to the next point? for >>> example when i come out of my apartment and want to walk to the store >>> across the street from the apartment complex or maybe the church a little >>> ways down the street. Are there certon settings that i need to use? I was >>> riding in the car with a friend and it did anounce when he was at the >>> diferent streets as well as the stores in view. I just want to know how i >>> can use it for walking and get constent prompt to my destonation. Thank you >>> in advance. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ilkka Pirttimaa" >>> <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:13 AM >>> >>> Subject: Re: Best GPS for me? >>> >>> >>> Yes, just open "App Store" on your iPhone and search "blindsquare". >>> Here is link too: >>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindsquare/id500557255?mt=8 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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