Existing users, 
iPhone OS 2.0 includes live location tracking
Posted 3 April 2008 @ 11am in News
A pre-release build of iPhone OS 2.0, currently in the hands of select developers and beta testers, includes a new live location tracking feature that will automatically track the user’s current location in the Maps application on a persistently updating basis. So, for instance, driving down Broadway in New York with an iPhone would result in a constantly moving blue, pulsing ball indicating your current location. This makes the iPhone’s “Locate Me” function feel much more like a real GPS.
At this point the function (along with the entirety of iPhone OS 2.0) is somewhat flaky and slow, but promising.
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Posted by clarus84
3 April 2008 @ 11am
how will this work? GPS? hotspot / cell tower triangulation?
Posted by miked378
3 April 2008 @ 12pm
This feature is “somewhat flaky and slow” in the Blackberry version that’s out now, which also works by cell phone triangulation. I’m hopeful that the iPhone version will work better. Or that you can turn it off — the constant data communication might have some pretty detrimental effects on battery life.
Posted by libertyforall1776
4 April 2008 @ 11am
This will be good, but Navizon does this TODAY on iPhone — Apple is playing catchup. I just hope it works better than Navizon’s version… Also, it would be nice if iPhone could talk to Bluetooth GPS units — I don’t know why Apple hasn’t enabled more Bluetooth profiles?!!!!!