See demo in fullscreen here: W3C Geolocation API Demo – you can also see this demo on your iPhone.

Feel free to comment, if you have any experience on geolocation…

As an alternative it is also posible to use the Google Gears Geolocation API, see code example here: Google Maps Javascript API V3 – Basics

Currently, several ways exist to detect the user’s location within a browser. None of these methods are part of the Google Maps API; instead, they are common industry standards.

• Newer browsers are starting to support the W3C Geolocation standard. This standard is part of HTML5 and will likely become the de-facto standard going forward. All applications that wish to perform geolocation should support this standard.
• Some browsers with Google Gears can use Google Gears Geolocation API. Since widespread support for the W3C standard is still forthcoming, checking for Gears is a good fallback mechanism.
• Some browsers use IP addresses to detect a user’s location, though this provides only a very rough estimate.

Source: code.google.com

Additional Google Maps resources:

• Marker Clusterer – Too Many Markers!
• Google Maps Marker Icons

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I am sure that Apple is aware of the problem, and continuously will provide stability fixes for the iPhone. However, running the latest version, which at this moment is the iPhone 2.1 firmware/software, the iPhone still have stability problems. Hopefully this will change in the next version, the iPhone 2.2 software.

However, it is possible to prevent the iPhone Safari from crashing, though it is not a permanent fix:

• You can try to clear the Cache, Cookies and History. To do this, go to Settings > Safari and tap Clear Cache, Clear Cookies and Clear History.
• If that is ineffective, try makeing a soft reset of your iPhone by holding down the Sleep and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears (about 8 second). Note that this is also how you power the iPhone off. When the “Slide to power off” slider appears, just keep holding the buttons down and pretty soon you will see the Apple logo appears, indicating that the iPhone is reseting. This can help reset some apps that may be running in the background. Importantly you will not lose any data.

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Update – After some years the list was kind of outdated, here are some additional applications that I have recently used the most:

This is yet another list of favorite iPhone 3G applications available from the Apple App Store. Actually, it is not ordered top 10 list, but just a list of the 10 applications that I found most useful. No games are included since games qualify for their own top 10 list. Listed is also mainly free applications since I have only bought a couple of applications at this time. The list will be updated as new and better applications arrive at App Store.

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• Remote
  With Remote, you can control the music on your computer or Apple TV from your iPod touch or iPhone. Play, pause, skip, shuffle. See your songs, playlists, and album art on your iPod touch or iPhone as if you were right in front of your computer. Remote is free and works with your Wi-Fi network, so you can control playback from anywhere in and around your home.
• FileMagnet (NOT FREE 30DDK)
  FileMagnet makes it easy to copy files from your Mac and view them on your iPhone and iPod touch. It supports all the common file types, including PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, images, movies, sounds and even folders. By running the FileMagnet Uploader on your Mac, you can wirelessly copy files over your wi-fi network. FileMagnet also lets you copy files from your phone to another mac – use your iPhone like a hard drive!
  Constraints: It only works with Mac, one more thing that Windows users must  miss.
• Benzin Priser (A danish specific app)
  The application uses the FDM Benzin Priser service to get the latest gas-prices for your current area (GPS Support), or the latest prices for your regular gas stations. Reporting prices from the application to help others get gas cheaper is easy.
  Constraints: How usable this application is in your area rely on the frequency of gas prices reported.
• Facebook
  Facebook for iPhone makes it easy to stay connected and share information with friends. Use your iPhone to start conversations with Facebook Chat, check your friends’ latest photos and status updates, look up a phone number, or upload your own mobile phothos to Facebook whole on the go.
• Palringo Instant Messenger
  Palringo works by integrating with several existing, popular messaging services including Apple’s own iChat for Mac OS X. The other seven are AOL’s AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Gadu Gadu, ICQ, Jabber and Windows Live Messenger.
• WordPress
  Introducing the first Open Source app that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. With support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.5.1 or higher), users of all experience levels can get going in seconds.
• EverNote
  Evernote for iPhone (and iPod Touch) lets you capture any moment or idea as it happens, wherever you may find yourself. And, thanks to Evernote’s amazing cloud-based sync, you can recall it all any time from your iPhone, Mac, PC, the Web, or other mobile device.
• Shazam
  When you hear a song and wonder what it is, Shazam is there with the answer. Hold your iPhone to the music and within seconds we’ll tell you the artist and track name.
• Phanfare
  The phanfare iPhone application turns your iPhone into a connected digital camera. Once installed, you take photos with the Phanfare application and they are uploaded directly into your Phanfare account over the cell network and wi-fi.
• YouNote
  YouNote is an application for iPhone that allows you to take quick notes on all sorts of information. This information is accessible and available at all times on your iPhone. Whatever format the note is in (Drawing, Audio, Text, Photo, etc.), it is possible to link different criteria (tags, a color, the geolocation, etc.) which simplifies the filing and finding of the notes.

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The embedded phone browser in many phones are not very usefull. Opera Mini is a reasonable alternative, and recently Opera Software released a Opera Mini 4 Beta version with some new exciting features. However, it seem like they changed the default search engine from Google to Yahoo! for some incomprehensible reason.

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There is a couple of ways to use GMail on your phone, the two first-mentioned are recommended:

• Use the GMail application on your mobile, go to gmail.com/app on your mobile device’s web browser and download. The application features viewing attachments you receive in messages, including photos, Microsoft Word documents, and PDF files. More info…
• Use the lightweight GMail on your mobile, go to http://m.gmail.com on your mobile device’s web browser. If you connect your computer to the internet using GPRS on your phone via bluetooth, it might be a good idea to use lightweight GMail to economize some of the expensive data transfer. The normal GMail web application will load over 200KB in the initial load, while the lightweight version loads about 10KB. More info on setting up a internet connection on your computer via bluetooth with a phone.
• Your phone might have a build in email application on your phone, e.g. the Nokia 6300 has an application that features support for setting up GMail access through POP3.

Additional notes:

- Use Goggle Search on your mobile, go to http://mobile.google.com on your mobile device’s web browser. More info…

- Use Goggle Maps on your mobile, go to www.google.com/gmm on your mobile device’s web browser and download. More info…

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