Navizon offers iPhone refunds

@ David Charter

Some of us like hacking hardware that has limits to make it do what we want to. We take a product we like, and if it is missing something, instead of tossing it, and trying to find something else that does what we want it to, we make it do what we want it to.
I love the iPhone, it does piss me off that the 1.1.1 update breaks the hacks, but that will be remedied soon. The only patience that people like us need, is to wait for someone, or ourselves, to make a workable way to get into the new version.

Fault them if you wnat but for any other device, developing innovative solutions that integrate with the device would be considered a GOOD thing. Its just in this backwards, screwed up scenario that they are being stopped for doing this sort of work. Not a good example for iPhone as a platform. Generally you want to support and aide developers, not shut down their businesses.

We just published a response to this (inaccurate) article on the Navizon blog.
http://navizon.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/navizon-for-iph.html

Anyone who cannot use the service is entitled to a refund. But the development of Navizon for iPhone is alive and well and a new version with many new features is scheduled for release very soon.

I do not know where you guys have this completely untrue and false information. Please before posting this like this get a hold of someone in the company.

Navizon gave some refunds for people who ran the firmware update and could not use anymore the software that's all.

Navizon continues to develop and gives support for the Iphone.

@DrunkDwarf

I'm not sure why/how you are blaming Erica. Because she hacked the iphone? That's an amazing feat. I'm not sure how all that computes.

It's an absolute riot that a company launched a commercial product for a platform that is being actively locked down by its manufacturer until they're prepared to allow legitimate 3rd party development.

Hasn't anyone in the hacker and "omg gimme mah 3rd party apps nowz!" corners of the web heard of patience? Y'know, like the Guns 'n Roses song?

Just chill out. Wait for the iPhone to get opened up. If you don't want to own one without 3rd party apps, then don't. Life will continue, believe it or not.

@S, I think we're playing into SJ's hands - fighting amongst ourselves is what he wanted.

Actually, though, Apple did indeed promise an SDK, and claims to have delivered it. If you watch the WWDC keynote, you'll hear the phrase "iPhone SDK" talked about for a good 20 mins.

Except, Apple's idea of an iPhone SDK is... (dramatic chord)... web pages.

So, if Navizon can work out how to global position with JavaScript, running at 1/600th the speed of native code, then the SDK is just fine.


@db cooper,

Totally agree.

Okay, db cooper, I'll bite. Wanna find me the Apple website that promised third-party development or called the iPhone a "platform"? You can have my unhacked 8GB iPhone if you find one.

And badweasel, hacking doesn't imply "bad," it denotes someone who breaks someone else's code to do something they weren't previously allowed to do. That's an accurate description of what was being done with the iPhone, no matter what your opinion on the matter. The iPhone is not a personal computer, it is a mobile phone. An appliance. A device. If you don't want to break your hacks, don't update your phone. It's a simple choice.

Hey Bill ...

I have done both and am still getting nothing. Seems like it'd be great software, but obviously riddled with bugs.

mmm, still works on my 1.0.2...

great app... just went to vegas from L.A. and I tried it on the road... pretty accurate even on the move...