Hi there. I am curious as to where the reply for the message came from seeing is how this thread is over a month old. Just thought I would point that out.
--- Sent from Raul's iPhone - (832) 554-7285. Please excuse any dictation or auto complete errors. On Apr 7, 2013, at 3:27 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > There is only one GPS antenna in the iPhone. It is either active and draining > the battery, or it is not active, and therefore not drawing power. No matter > how many GPS apps are running, the GPS antenna will draw the same amount of > power. That said, more GPS (or other apps for that matter) running means more > cycles of the processor and more power drain above that of the GPS antenna. > Furthermore, GPS apps running guided GPS navigation (turn-by-turn) in the > background drain more power than when they are the primary open app. > > A friend set up widgets on his Android phone and found that the widgets > drained the phone's battery quite rapidly, and caused major slowdown/lag on > his android phone. > > He acquired an iPhone 5 a few weeks ago and jailbroke the iPhone. He then > installed the same widgets he was running on his Android phone. Today, he > told me the results. He experienced the same extreme battery drain and > lag/slowdown on the iPhone 5 that he experienced on the Android phone. It > should be noted that this friend is sighted. He considers himself to be a > power-user of mobile technology. He also told me that Apple apparently knows > what it is doing in not allowing widgets on standard iPhones. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 03/03/2013, at 15:22, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." > <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > >> David, >> >> This sounds cool. >> >> Can you give us a primer on how you use all these apps in an integrated way? >> Is it as simple as just opening them all and it somehow magically happens? >> >> Does all these apps working simultaneously, and presumably needing their own >> gps data, pose a significant battery drain that perhaps one integrated app >> would diminish? >> >> Thanks. Keith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of David Chittenden >> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:24 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN >> >> Which is why I have everything covered that the Seeing Eye app will be >> providing in a few apps. TomTom and Apple Maps gives me just about >> everything I need including names of streets I am passing, turn by turn >> directions, automatic routing and rerouting, with onboard maps (TomTom) or >> online maps (Apple Maps). Both apps even can give my current address (which >> is now automatically announced in Apple Maps (when set to Tracking On with >> Headings). I have stopped using Ariadne, for the most part, because Apple >> Maps finally does it all, including giving me an accessible onscreen map >> (Tracking On (without headings). >> >> And, even better, Local Scope accesses automatically several internet POI >> listings and consolidates them for me. It is the only POI system that >> accesses all my local bus stop locations. Even better, VO accesses Local >> Scopes map view, if turned on, the same way and to the same degree, that it >> accesses Apple Maps graphical maps. >> >> The best thing, my total, one-time charge (given that TomTom and Navigon >> are both more expensive here in NZ) is $70 to $80. I do not remember what, >> if anything, I paid for Local Scope. Where To, the other POI app I like cost >> me $1.99, and provides many more POIs than I got from Look Around when I was >> visiting the US. Finally, all the apps I use work perfectly well in NZ. >> >> It must be noted that Navigon and TomTom must be purchased separately for >> each country or region. >> >> My point here is I am paying significantly less for equivalent service. I am >> not getting clock-face directions, but with practice, I have something >> better, an audio graphical map view interface which shows me the information >> via haptics (touch) and audio. >> >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 03/03/2013, at 11:47, Keith Watson <lnx...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> John, >>> >>> Exactly. You bought a device, it had maps on it. You can now choose to >>> upgrade or not to upgrade those maps on the device when they become >>> available. If you do not choose to upgrade the device will continue to work >>> the way it was sold to you. >>> >>> Now I buy a device, lets call it an iPhone. I then purchase an app called >>> Seeing Eye from a company called Sendero. I pay $100 for the app. time goes >>> by. Lets say for the sake of argument that its 3 years later. In the >>> interim I have lost my job, the stock market has crashed and the bank has >>> taken my house back. I have a job interview and want to use this app to >>> find my way to it. I turn it on and low and behold they want another $100 >>> in order for me to use it. In other words I have rented the app for 3 years >>> and now its useless to me. To my small mind this is not good business. I >>> would go so far as to call it extortion. If I am going to pay that high a >>> price for something I damned well want to own it. >>> >>> I do not know what Garmon is going to do with map updates. Whether they are >>> going to be free or not is besides the point. I bought Navigon. It will >>> work the way it is until I get rid of the device, IOS changes so >>> drasticallyy that it no longer is supported or something else better comes >>> along to replace it. The choice is mine, not theirs. >>> >>> Again, these are my opinions and my thoughts. I by no means condemn those >>> of you who have the money to waste on this type of business plan. I guess I >>> am just a bit more frugal than most. >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> On Mar 2, 2013, at 2:21 PM, john gallagher <j...@pianotuner.plus.com> wrote: >>> >>>> hi there keith interesting but say on my sendero on the apex because the >>>> maps are actually on the machine even though they will not get updated >>>> they will still work and yes cost is important for blind people as we have >>>> to pay much more for our devices and of course the software. am i correct >>>> in saying that with navigon there updates are free. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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