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"The Apple iPhone has been out now for over a year and a half. The device has profoundly changed what we have come to expect out of a phone, and the capabilities are just taking off. I never had the opportunity to really acclimate myself to Apple products in college because as an engineer many of my professors strongly advised (told) the engineering students not to use such. The reasoning was that many of the engineering applications were not compatible with Mac computers. But now that I am in my unbiased role as a test engineer of consumer electronics, I have been exposed to a plethora of Apple-centric products. While undergoing a recent evaluation I had the opportunity to further explore the iPhone. I was amazed by the wide range of applications that are currently on the market. It is probably easiest to break the applications down by category, and I&amp;#039;ll start off with the location-based services. The iPhone has three methods of ascertaining your locations: cell towers, Wi-Fi base stations and GPS. Once the phone is able to locate you there are several applications for finding things near you, getting directions, etc. For example, Urban Spoon is a fun application that looks like a slot machine and by shaking the phone it will pick a restaurant for you. Other applications are formed with specific partnerships, such as one that can locate the nearest Starbucks for you or the nearest auto-repair store. One fairly new application is Looped that allows you to see where your friends are (only if you choose). And for those of your who have weak bladders (myself included!) there is an application aptly dubbed Sit or Squat that will tell you where the nearest bathroom is!    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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