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Those with hands-on access to the beta 2.1 code at Gear Live note that Core Location can now recognize the cardinal direction of an iPhone with GPS as well as its velocity, both of which are ingredients necessary to providing turn-by-turn directions.

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Apple is already providing developers with a new iPhone firmware beta with enhanced location-finding that could lead to true navigation as well as the roots for background push services. Those with hands-on access to the beta 2.1 code at Gear Live...

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We know, we know -- this one's going to be a doozie, but it's something that just has to be done. For folks out there too far from the reaches of GSM or simply unwilling to cough up the requisite dough to pay for AT&T's comparatively pricey plans, we figure Kevin's question will hit very close to home:

"What is the best alternative for the iPhone / iPhone 3G? I am looking for a touchscreen phone that has most of what the iPhone can provide, such as media and decent web browsing. I am also looking for a device with a lower cost (with or without a new plan). Could you please help point me in the right direction?"

Feel free to dish our your best options for GSM and CDMA, particularly if you've wondered this yourself and found your answer. Keep it civilized down there, alright? Got a question you'd like to pose to Engadget's fine, fine readers? Shoot it over to ask at engadget dawt com and hope for the best.

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Apple has reportedly begun seeding to developers, Version 2.1 of the iPhone Firmware. Contained within are a couple of interesting Features...

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Apple’s MobileMe is an innovative synchronization service that allows you to keep your bookmarks, emails, calendar, contacts and photos all up to date on all of your devices including your laptop, desktop and iPhone. This is a fantastic idea because I have wasted more hours than I can count getting all of my devices to sync up and “talk” to each other. I e-mail myself things instead of plugging in my phone to my laptop, because it takes too long. You get the picture.

So with MobileMe, I was pretty excited. It offered a convenient way to connect all of my junk (as I call it) and since I already had a .mac account, this was a no brainer. Of course when .mac switched to Mobile Me, all the images on my website disappeared, but that’s an entirely different story…

Now that MobileMe is past its starting glitches, I’m disappointed. Sure, it looks great and the online photo gallery is intuitive, but in order to send your photos from your iPhone to MobileMe, it e-mails them to your online gallery! What the heck? How is this any better than manually e-mailing each photo to myself?

In all reality, MobileMe is like an online hard drive with a selection of your important information. Sure, my contacts may magically appear in there occasionally and my e-mails update surprisingly well, but it’s just not what I expected. It’s not a new, easier way to keep my junk together. When it does work, it’s usually because I’ve been poking and prodding at it, and that, my friends is not automation. That is me wasting time again to get all of my information on all of my devices.

Despite all the things MobileMe doesn’t do, I’m still hopeful of what it could do. The potential is there for great things. And though I’m not loving it at the moment, I’m excited for what’s to come.

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Gear Live has word that Apple is beta testing iPhone's 2.1 firmware and will add more GPS functionality to the phone. Specifically, the core location functions will be able to track what direction you're moving, and how fast (for turn-by-turn navigation, maybe?). Also worth noting is that iPhone SDK 2.1 is also seeding to beta testers, but cannot be used with the app store. [Gear Live]

GearLive reports that Apple has seeded a beta version of iPhone 2.1 Firmware (Beta 1, Build 5F90) to developers.

According to the site, Apple has included new Core Location features that might suggest that turn-by-turn GPS could beco...

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