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iPhone to get location-based home screens?

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Old 08-27-2009
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iPhone to get location-based home screens?

If you've used any high-end smartphone in recent years, you have probably come across some of the more common location-based services available. Typically found in weather and mapping programs, it's a handy extension of a phones ability to determine where you are geographically. Apple sees great potential in expanding this, and is already busy filing patents that would make the iPhone's entire home screen location based.

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Old 08-27-2009
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Sorry Apple, too late! Its already available on your competitor's platform and its called Sherpa.
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Old 08-28-2009
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I'm sure apple will find a way to make it 10 times better then the competitors platform though. Like it did with copy and paste.
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Old 08-29-2009
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Why in the world would I want my phone's icons to jump around? I know where they are now.
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Old 08-29-2009
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It's probably something you could turn on/off, at worst it'll be enabled by default.
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