I want the iPhone to be able to allow news editors to keep their top reporters out in the field where they can do a lot of work without having to first crack open a laptop.
It is so close to being a killer app for field communications that all Apple needs to do is, um, hear this bit of free consulting.
Make Google map app play nice and SHARE data
e.g. I have the Google map app open and I pull up or search out an address for a home or business.
I query and get directions to the location but now want to SMS this info to a colleague or send the the turn-by-turns to another person by e-mail.
I should be able to do this - but I can’t.
– This kind of base level data pushing functionality - allowing the native apps to push to each other is critical to stay ahead of. But wait - I also want to push data to my blog(s) as well.
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