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Old 09-17-2008, 12:45 PM
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Weather app that knows where it is?

I've tried a few weather apps but haven't found one with this feature.

I like that when I get off the plane that my phone knows that I'm in a new time zone and changes the clock. I assume that it talks to the cell towers.

Is there a weather app that will update similarly? So when I'm in Miami I automatically get Miami's weather and when I'm in New York, I get New York's? Sure I can change my settings, it just seems like this would be a handly feature.

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Old 09-17-2008, 01:01 PM
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Re: Weather app that knows where it is?

How is the phone suppose to know where you are unless it's using GPS to triangulate you? The phone doesn't know your location except to triangulate to the cell towers to get a signal. OTHERS can find you if they know what they're doing and using triangulation with celltowers to do it, but how is the phone supposed to do it unbidden and without a new location longitude/latitude or time-zone wise?
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Old 09-17-2008, 01:29 PM
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Re: Weather app that knows where it is?

Not sure... I'm not a programmer. Just wondering if there was such an app out there. Was thinking that if it could do it with time, it could do it with weather too.
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Old 09-17-2008, 01:36 PM
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Re: Weather app that knows where it is?

The GPSToday plugin displays the weather for your location.
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Old 09-17-2008, 01:44 PM
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Re: Weather app that knows where it is?

weatherpanel also has the option for GPS although i have never used it
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Old 09-17-2008, 01:49 PM
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Re: Weather app that knows where it is?

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weatherpanel also has the option for GPS although i have never used it
This function is inactive and will probably never be implemented.

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Re: Weather app that knows where it is?

I 2nd GPSToday, a great today screen plugin.
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