Location Based Services on first-gen iPhone working
Just a last, quick note before I log out and have a Super MonkeyBall marathon this afternoon. Some folks were wondering if the first-gen iPhones wouldn’t be able to take advantage of LBS or Location Based Services since there no true GPS. I installed the free Weatherbug application a few minutes ago and went to add my current location. I was greeted with a dialog box asking me if I wanted to allow Weatherbug to find my location. I said yes and a few seconds later, the closest Weatherbug station popped up.
Will LBS be more accurate on a second-gen iPhone with true GPS? I have little doubt that it will, but if I can get a relatively close fix with the first-gen iPhone, that might be good enough for me. I assumed that this would work, but I received a few notes from folks asking so: confirmed! And with that, I’m either off playing games or looking for non-iPhone news. 
Kevin, try WeatherBug! It even pulls up the closest weather camera based on location services. I could almost see my hair blowing as I waited for the bus this morning.
I did. See above.
Seriously, guys, do you have a non-Apple web address? On this page alone there’s 8 Apple posts to 7 non-Apple posts. Unless, of course, I’m the victim of a phishing attack by crazed fanboys.
In other news: The Nokia phone updater software is now available for Vista machines but not, apparently, for those with XP SP3. – Just in case anyone is interested.
Doh!
The iPhone does have true GPS. It is supplemented by base station locations etc but it is real GPS.
Alan, the first generation iPhone doesn’t have a GPS receiver in it. The iPhone 3G does.