Archive for January, 2008
iPhone update 1.1.3 location is not consistent
by Robert Hodgen in Apple, Hardware on January 15th, 2008. No Comments.

Like most iPhone users, I was waiting for the next update for my iPhone. That update came today (announced at MacWorld 2008) and I eagerly waiting for the update to become available in iTunes.

As soon as it was available I downloaded and installed it. The biggest new feature in 1.1.3 (in my opinion) was the cell tower/current position. I tried it out and the iPhone gave me different locations.

Here’s a pic of my iPhone and my dad’s next to each other displaying different positions.

iPhones not agreeing on location

Navizon from when I had my iPhone hacked would give me similar results. The pushpin in the right iPhone is the correct location (seems it’s good when it works).

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