xGPS 1.2 Released, 2.0 Upcoming Preview

By Gary Ng on March 7th, 2009 70

Hey everyone happy Saturday! Today I’m going to talk about the recent update to xGPS, which was released earlier this week. I was going to post about it earlier but I wanted to actually test it while driving in my car.

xGPS is only available for jailbroken iPhones and it is a free turn-by-turn GPS app. When the original version was released on Cydia, the developers showed us how the 1.2 beta would include the voice prompts. Well, the 1.2 update has arrived for those who haven’t found out already. From the xGPS blog:

The new major improvement in this version is the voice instructions support. It uses a Text-To-Speech engine to convert text instructions to sound. So there is no way to change the voice yourself as it is not pre-recorded sound. We are working on a cleaner English voice which should be included in the subsequent releases.

I tested out the newest added feature, which was the voice prompts. I can say they worked well, but the volume is definitely not loud enough if you’re listening to music in the car. Some ideas I’d like to add to my wishlist would be route previews and the ability to drop pin.

xGPS Improvements Coming: 2.0 in the Near Future

The developers are still working on xGPS and newer versions will have new features. Here are some possible screens of 2.0 coming soon:

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For those who have used xGPS so far, what are your thoughts on the app? What would you like to see in the future? You can discuss about this app by clicking here to visit the iPhoneinCanada.ca Forums!

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  • Kai

    @ _Shorty: If your phone is physically damaged, it’s not covered by warranty. If your phone requires a flash, they won’t know that you jailbroke it. If your phone does not require a flash, you can restore it yourself removing the jailbreak.

    I’m not saying you should jailbreak your phone if the costs outweigh the benefits for you. I’m saying you should stop spreading paranoia so that other people can make a clear decision on whether or not they decide to jailbreak.

  • Kai

    @ _Shorty: If your phone is physically damaged, it’s not covered by warranty. If your phone requires a flash, they won’t know that you jailbroke it. If your phone does not require a flash, you can restore it yourself removing the jailbreak.

    I’m not saying you should jailbreak your phone if the costs outweigh the benefits for you. I’m saying you should stop spreading paranoia so that other people can make a clear decision on whether or not they decide to jailbreak.

  • Teen Wolf

    app is headed in the right direction but needs work. You should be able to get directions after performing a search. & if gps is enabled you can’t see your search result on the map because it is contantly on your current location. Unless I have the address stored in my contacts it’s not very useful on the fly. The ore loaded googke maps is more user friendly. The voice I can handle but if your playing music the volume doesn’t fade when the directions are being spoken. So you can use it but not with the music playing. And who wants a silent car ride. Like I said before, has potential but not replacing my google maps just yet.

  • Teen Wolf

    app is headed in the right direction but needs work. You should be able to get directions after performing a search. & if gps is enabled you can’t see your search result on the map because it is contantly on your current location. Unless I have the address stored in my contacts it’s not very useful on the fly. The ore loaded googke maps is more user friendly. The voice I can handle but if your playing music the volume doesn’t fade when the directions are being spoken. So you can use it but not with the music playing. And who wants a silent car ride. Like I said before, has potential but not replacing my google maps just yet.

  • Teen Wolf

    app is headed in the right direction but needs work. You should be able to get directions after performing a search. & if gps is enabled you can’t see your search result on the map because it is contantly on your current location. Unless I have the address stored in my contacts it’s not very useful on the fly. The ore loaded googke maps is more user friendly. The voice I can handle but if your playing music the volume doesn’t fade when the directions are being spoken. So you can use it but not with the music playing. And who wants a silent car ride. Like I said before, has potential but not replacing my google maps just yet.

  • Teen Wolf

    app is headed in the right direction but needs work. You should be able to get directions after performing a search. & if gps is enabled you can’t see your search result on the map because it is contantly on your current location. Unless I have the address stored in my contacts it’s not very useful on the fly. The ore loaded googke maps is more user friendly. The voice I can handle but if your playing music the volume doesn’t fade when the directions are being spoken. So you can use it but not with the music playing. And who wants a silent car ride. Like I said before, has potential but not replacing my google maps just yet.

  • Teen Wolf

    app is headed in the right direction but needs work. You should be able to get directions after performing a search. & if gps is enabled you can’t see your search result on the map because it is contantly on your current location. Unless I have the address stored in my contacts it’s not very useful on the fly. The ore loaded googke maps is more user friendly. The voice I can handle but if your playing music the volume doesn’t fade when the directions are being spoken. So you can use it but not with the music playing. And who wants a silent car ride. Like I said before, has potential but not replacing my google maps just yet.

  • Rich

    Does this work with the 1st generation iPhone?

  • Rich

    Does this work with the 1st generation iPhone?

  • Rich

    Does this work with the 1st generation iPhone?

  • Rich

    Does this work with the 1st generation iPhone?

  • Rich

    Does this work with the 1st generation iPhone?

  • Rich

    Does this work with the 1st generation iPhone?

  • http://www.durvallskingdom.com/ XPLICIT

    I have briked my iphone 1st gen and if you have an iphone u know thats the worst thing that could ever happen but y worry there are many ways to unbrick an iphone easily… so man up

  • http://www.durvallskingdom.com/ XPLICIT

    I have briked my iphone 1st gen and if you have an iphone u know thats the worst thing that could ever happen but y worry there are many ways to unbrick an iphone easily… so man up

  • http://www.durvallskingdom.com/ XPLICIT

    I have briked my iphone 1st gen and if you have an iphone u know thats the worst thing that could ever happen but y worry there are many ways to unbrick an iphone easily… so man up

  • http://www.durvallskingdom.com/ XPLICIT

    I have briked my iphone 1st gen and if you have an iphone u know thats the worst thing that could ever happen but y worry there are many ways to unbrick an iphone easily… so man up

  • http://www.durvallskingdom.com XPLICIT

    I have briked my iphone 1st gen and if you have an iphone u know thats the worst thing that could ever happen but y worry there are many ways to unbrick an iphone easily… so man up

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  • Christopher Patton

    id like to see a choice of voices for the turn by turn.
    maybe also having the turn by turn use bluethooth to utilize a cars speaker system?

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