Any compass app for TP2 ?

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Hey, I would like to use a compass with my TP2, any nice app available?

You'd only get some form of GPS compass as there is no magnetic compass in the TP2 like there is in the 3GS...

I love how apple put a relatively useless app into a phone and then all of a sudden everyone wants one

Well, it's Apple, man. they can make canned sh*t and everybody will want it. They are godlike on marketting.

As for the compass, no there isn't one, only GPS compass, and then again, you need to have a signal.

You can try this thing I found while googling and binging, Here at softpedia

jeah, f**king hype.. why the hell somebody needs a compass, although most navigationsoftwares got it integrated

iPhone users need the compass to navigate, obviously!

Originally Posted by comingloud

why the hell somebody needs a compass

We have GPS, which gives us a reference point in space. We have a G-sensor, which gives us rotation with reference to center of the earth. Problem is, these two only let our phone know where it is, and how high it's looking, whether down at the ground, up into the sky, or somewhere in between. It also tells it which way it's tilted (clockwise/counterclockwise). However, we need at least two points of reference to give an exact orientation of a device. A compass can do that with north pole being the second reference. With all three sensors a phone can not only tell where it is, but also exactly what it is looking at (not just how it's tilted or where it is in relation to the horizon). With information like this, we would also be able to teach the phone to know what it is looking at, not just where we are (as current GPS software does). Here's a great example of what's possible with a compass:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/0...d-reality-bro/

I can see where this is going. Sure it's fun for games, presentations, virtual tours, etc, but hey, I really wonder if someone is stupid enough to actually use to use the compass with the GPS when finding a spot. I can imagine, "In 200 Meters turn RiGhT. You are NOt LooKING at ThE RIghT WaY. In 10 MeTErs Turn your head LeFT, You have ARRiVed."

That would be me

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I'm as dense as an iphone user. I get really confused when google route tells me to head east. Not good at navigating by clouds, or stars for that matter.

Originally Posted by Philio25

iPhone users need the compass to navigate, obviously!

true as that may be, how can they see the compass if the phone is in their arse? bluetooth earpiece telling them which way maybe?