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2late2dieAug 30th 2009 12:49PM

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This is exactly the kind of thing that demonstrates why the US patent system is broken. This kind of feature, while great, should not be patented. We already have programs that figure out your location (google maps anyone), this is simply an extension of that with a better level of automation. This falls squarely in the "this is too obvious to patent" category.
In fact, the only reason nobody has done that for the iPhone yet is simply because Apple has locked down the system and won't allow developers to change anything outside their own programs.

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