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A comment on the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

I stand corrected on the speed
A US-based manufacturer cannot generally export a GPS receiver unless the receiver contains limits restricting it from functioning when it is simultaneously (1) at an altitude above 18 kilometers (60,000 ft) and (2) traveling at over 515 m/s (1,000 knots)

I'll do some digging on the commercial flight crash – kestrachern, on October 05, 2008 23:11

A comment on the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

Umm no. Rogue electronics have been directly attributed to at least one crash of a commercial airliner. Deliberately leaving your phone in transmit mode while traveling by commercial airliner falls between foolishness and malicious stupidity.

As stated elsewhere in this thread GPS in consumer devices will not work when the DPS device detect speed over something around 125 mph... – kestrachern, on October 05, 2008 21:45

A comment on the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

Consumer GPS devise operation is suspended at the device level once a GPS device finds itself traveling faster than ~100m/s Also the aluminum skin of the aircraft makes it challenging to obtain a signal even while sitting at the gate.

My goal is to find a way to use the GPS feature, without having the EDGE, or 3G radios active. For example use while camping and hiking where there is no phone signal, thereby dramatically extending battery life. – kestrachern, on September 28, 2008 16:43

A comment on the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

I was not specifically referencing flying in an airplane, (Apple called the feature "Airplane Mode" rather than "radios off") but to find a way to disable Edge but not GPS.

GPS recievers btw are just that they receive only and differ from phones, computers, and ipods in that it does not create signals for human consumption. (Any signal caused by the electronics in a GPS reciever is difficult to distinguish from the background at the level of digital watches and calculators) – kestrachern, on September 28, 2008 16:33

A comment on the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

pictures are not tagged with GPS data=GPS off – kestrachern, on September 13, 2008 00:23

kestrachern asked a question in Blip.fm on September 10, 2008 13:13:

now playing toolbar at lower screen edge

Once you blip a song a tool bar appears at the lower screen edge and other songs begin to play. It would be nice were it possible to blip a song that is playing.. or mark add it to playlist. There have been some nice pieces I have heard but having to go search it preview to see if I found the same version is cumbersome at best.

kestrachern replied on September 05, 2008 11:55 to the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

thanks marc.. I was trying to find another solution than jailbreaking ATT, but have not had any luck.

problem of GPS unavailability when GSM/3G is disabled remains unresolved.

A comment on the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

How does a person disable the Edge/GSM on the iPhone and not use Airplane mode? – kestrachern, on September 04, 2008 12:22

kestrachern replied on September 04, 2008 02:54 to the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

I have already disabled 3g, but the Edge data network remains connected and phone calls area still able to get through. Is there a way to disable those two items?

kestrachern replied on September 03, 2008 16:05 to the question "No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?" in Apple:

Hi Alex,

I am aware that consumer grade GPS are prohibited from functioning above a certain speed. However my complaint is that there are othe instances when airplane mode is engaged, for example on a sound stage to as not to generate interferece that having a viable GPS for recording locations of photos etc would be extremely useful. Something for the GPS for 3g users along the lines of the way iphone users can enable wi-fi in airplane mode would solve this issue

kestrachern asked a question in Apple on September 03, 2008 02:04:

No GPS in iPhone 3g airplane mode, why?

I discovered today that the GPS is shut off when Airplane mode is engaged. Why does this happen when GPS is a passive receive only service. This decision to have it shut off makes less sense in the light of being able to turn on Wi-Fi with airplane mode engaged.

Please modify Airplane mode so the GPS is no longer disabled when Airplane mode is turned on.

Thanks

A comment on the problem "Pictures not appearing on ping.fm" in Ping.fm:

A fully operational message posting station. Pinging at will! :-)
thx – kestrachern, on August 31, 2008 17:30

kestrachern replied on August 31, 2008 17:22 to the problem "Pictures not appearing on ping.fm" in Ping.fm:

it seems to work now, might be a problem on the google end as I was sending to Ping and Pikchur at the same time. My first two attempts the photo arrived at both places now it only seems to go to the first email address listed.

Thanks

kestrachern replied on August 31, 2008 15:13 to the problem "Pictures not appearing on ping.fm" in Ping.fm:

As of this moment I cannot email photos to ping for reposting. I noticed the problem initially about 18 hours ago.

kestrachern replied on August 31, 2008 13:53 to the problem "Duplicate contact imports from services" in chi.mp:

Duplicate twitter contacts have returned with the upgrade to Chi.mp 1.5

kestrachern started following the problem "Jaiku Bot down [again]?" in jaiku.

kestrachern started a conversation in Ping.fm on August 26, 2008 12:59:

Thanks for new services

Thank you for adding the new services! I am looking forward to your implementation of image posting.

kestrachern shared an idea in Plurk on August 20, 2008 19:39:

everyone feed

Please add the "everyone" feed to the mobile interface.

kestrachern replied on August 20, 2008 19:33 to the problem "bad html passing" in Pikchur:

I used the upload form on pikchur

kestrachern replied on August 20, 2008 19:26 to the problem "bad html passing" in Pikchur:

I entered only http://exit727.com no html