Thread: [sandbox] Need an "offline" GPS tracking application (N900)
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2010-02-05 , 12:03
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#8
Originally Posted by eiffel View Post
At the 2008 Maemo Summit, Nokia encouraged developers to assume an always-on data connection when writing software for Maemo 5.

Some of us realized this wasn't realistic, but it seems that some developers drank the kool-aid. It would be helpful if Nokia revised their developer guidelines.
iPhone has done it for ages now: there isn't much to do without data connections by default. of course a simple checkbox at settings would be nice but always-on data is more common day by day.
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