Use It Better
Buying a 3G iPhone doesn’t have to mean that your first-generation model is now just a paperweight

GPS Device:
GPS Device
xGPS ($75; xgps.xwaves.net) uses a small GPS receiver that plugs into your phone, along with software to give you turn-by-turn directions (you must have a jailbroken phone to use xGPS). Coming in January, LocoGPS (gomite.com) will do the same thing with a GPS receiver that connects to your iPhone over Wi-Fi.

Turn the page to see how to turn it into a VoIP phone.

2 Comments

Deco

from Sao Paulo, SP

Good apps. But what I did with my old iPhone was... give it to my girlfriend. Makes a hell of a gift.

Thanks for letting us in in the iPhone secret that isn't a secret.



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