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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Pairing the iPhone headset with the MacBook can be done seamlessly, just go to the Bluetooth in the menu bar, select “Set up Bluetooth Device…” and choose “Headset”, then press and hold the headset button for about eight seconds, until you hear the startup tone and then five quick high beeps. The headset is now discoverable and will remain so for about five minutes. The status light blinks green while the headset is discoverable.

Unfortunately, I believe that the audio quality over Bluetooth is quite unsatisfying, it seems to be poor and a bit crackly. Therefore it is kind of tricky to recommend using the Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset for that purpose.

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UPDATE: My iPhone was replaced with a brand new iPhone after being sent to Apple Support, so now that I have my second iPhone, I hope not to see the problem again – or any problems at all.

Recently, I experienced an issue with my iPhone, during phone calls the sound disappeared from the ear speaker, but when plugging in the headset or switching to the speaker (loudspeaker ) the sound was available. I was afraid the iPhone already after a couple of month had to be delivered to Apple Support/Service, but when I turned to my good friend, Google, I found some of methods through which people solved their sound problem:

• Restart the iPhone by holding down the sleep and home buttons until the “Slide to power off” appears.
• Soft reset your iPhone by holding down the sleep and home buttons until the Apple logo appears.
• Restore your iPhone from iTunes (restoring the phone will erase contacts, calendars, photos and other data on the phone, but will restore automatically backed up information including text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, widget settings, etc.).
• Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. It will reset all your settings to its original state and NO harm is done to contacts, calendars, photos or any other data on the phone.
• Plug and unplug headset jack several times.
• Blowing air into the headset jack.
• Blowing air into the ear speaker.

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After trying some of the first mentioned methods with no luck, I did the last two – I don’t which one that did the trick, but somehow the sound returned. However, the iPhone must somehow be quite sensitive to dust in these components.

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The below method is not yet tested with iOS 4.0, if you try it, please post a comment if it works.

Most iPhone OS 2.0 / iPhone 3G users have experienced the very slow backup process each time the iPhone is connected to iTunes, and as more applications are installed the process will take even longer. It is possible to just cancel the backup process, and then make a regular Sync without backing up. However, if you want avoid the backup process from starting, there is a workaround. It is possible disable the automatic backup process from starting, and how to do this is described below; firstly for Mac users, and secondly for Windows users:

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Mac users:

1. Quit iTunes.
2. Open a Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal)
3. Type or copy the following command:
   defaults write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
4. Open iTunes.
5. Connect the iPhone.
6. Make Sync without backing up.

To enable automatic backup in iTunes again use this command instead:

Note: If you previously have used the command line option that entirely disables the backup feature, then type this command as well to enable to backup process:

Recommendation: If you choose to disable the automatic backup process, it would be a good idea to manually making a backup it once a while to get a safe copy of text messages, call log and like (just right-click your iPhone icon in iTunes).

Windows Users: (updated)

Windows users can use the same approach:

1. Quit iTunes.
2. Press Win+R (opens the Windows Run dialog)
3. Type or copy the following command:
   “%CommonProgramFiles%\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\defaults.exe” write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
4. Open iTunes.
5. Connect the iPhone.
6. Make Sync without backing up.

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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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Here is some iSync plugins for the Nokia 6300; the first two works pretty stable, and the last has support of contact photos and birthdays, but is might cause some errors to the iSync synchronization process. All plugins should be compatible with Leopard.

Here is what to do:

1. Download one of the following plugins:
   • Nokia 6300 iSync plugin
   • Nokia 6300 iSync plugin supports birthdays
     (edited by Jeremy Robertson)
   • Nokia 6300 iSync plugin supports birthdays and contact photos
     (edited by Rums)

   (using the last mentioned read these notes)

2. Extract the Nokia6300.phoneplugin.zip (your browser might do it for you).
3. Quit iSync if its running
4. Double click the Nokia 6300 Plugin
5. Drag and drop the green folder on the blue one
   
6. Start iSync, and the Nokia 6300 should be supported

Additional notes and issues:

• iSync only synchronizes the contacts you have on the phone and not on the SIM-card. View this comment.
• All-day events in iCal appears as events with start and end time at the same hour in the phones calendar 6300 when synchronized, e.g. 14:00-14:00 according to the time zone.

Notes and issues on synchronizing contact photos:

• If you add contact photos on the phone and then synchronizes, it should work fine.
• But if the photos are added in the Address Book on your mac, some issues are present. Although it works in Address Book adding photos to contacts, it does not always work according to the synchronization part. If a photo is added and you have used the embedded ‘image edit’ pop-up window, then when it comes to iSync your entire sync will fail. But adding photos is still possible, if you have a photo you like to add to a certain contact, just drag it to the information area of the contact, and if the image edit pop-up appears just press Cancel, and in most cases the photo is added anyways.
• If iSync fails because of the above, you are not told what failed, or why it failed.

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— UPDATE —

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO GET THE SNOW LEOPARD COMPATIBLE PLUGIN

— UPDATE —

The Nokia 6300 do not appear in the list of supported phones for the iSync application in Mac OS X. Nokia has neither made a plug-in available yet, but it is possible relatively easy to make the iSync work. Here is at short guide to make it work:

1. Make sure iSync is not running.
2. Locate the iSync application in the Applications folder, and select Show Package Contents.
3. Locate the MetaClasses.plist file at this path: Contents > PlugIns > ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice > Contents > PlugIns > PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin > Contents > Resources.
4. Back-up the MetaClasses.plist file just to be safe.
5. Open MetaClasses.plist with a ordinary text editor, e.g. TextMate.
6. The trick is to find a phone in the XML list with the same operating system as the Nokia 6300 phone, which is the Nokia Series 40, 3rd edition, with Bluetooth and USB. The Nokia 6280 fits this requirement, and the below XML is a copy of the 6280 XML entry with changes to fit the 6300, which should be inserted below the 6280 entry.[ad code=1 align=left]

   com.nokia.6300
   
   	Identification
   	
   		com.apple.cgmi+cgmm
   		Nokia+Nokia 6300
   		com.apple.gmi+gmm
   		Nokia+Nokia 6300
   		com.apple.usb.vendorid-modelid
   		0x0421/0x045A
   	
   	InheritsFrom
   	
   		family.com.nokia.series40.3rdEd.bus.usb-bt
   	
   	Services
   	
   		
   			ServiceName
   			com.apple.model
   			ServiceProperties
   			
   				ModelIcon
   				NOK6300.tiff
   				ModelName
   				6300
   			
   
   		
   			ServiceName
   			com.apple.synchro
   			ServiceProperties
   			
   				MaxCityLength
   				50
   				MaxEMailLength
   				60
   				MaxEventLocationLength
   				150
   				MaxPhoneNumberLength
   				48
   				MaxPostalCodeLength
   				50
   				MaxStateLength
   				50
   				MaxStreetLength
   				50
   				MaxURLLength
   				60
   			
   
   	
   

   Alternative: Copy the 6300 XML from this link

If the USB connection is to be used for the iSync with the Nokia 6300, e.g. if you do not have a bluetooth device on the computer, then change the com.apple.usb.vendorid-modelid XML setting from 0×0421/0x045A to 0×0421/0x04F9

7. Add this phone icon NOK6300.tiff in the same folder as the MetaClasses.plist file. It is important that the file name matches the one in the XML definition.
8. Now it should work… Save and close the MetaClasses.plist file and start up iSync. Make sure that Bluetooth is enabled on your phone. Select Add Device… from the iSync Devices menu. iSync should find your Nokia 6300, and display the icon that you just added.

Additional notes:

- When to the bluetooth connection is setup properly, it’s also easy to put music on the phone. Just select Browse Device… in the dropdown under the bluetooth icon in the menu bar, and browse to memory card and drop your music.

- If you are having trouble connecting to the internet via bluetooth using the phone, take a look at this post.

- Nokia has also posted some information about how to connect your Nokia phone to a Mac, and setup iSync. More here…

- The approach is tested and working with the Nokia 5300 with USB connection, view these comments here and here.

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