Skyhook Wireless' location services no longer work on Apple devices

Hello,
Two weeks ago I emailed Skyhook after I'd noticed my iPod Touch wouldn't find it's location anymore on location based apps even though I always keep my Access Point update on Skyhook's database.They told me that they don't offer their services to Apple anymore.
After hearing that I searched the Internet a bit and found this article: http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/08/04/skyhook-wireless-digs-in-touts-location -patents-after-apple-drops-technology-from-iphone/
So basically I'd like to know if it's true that we can't locate our devices by using Skyhook's database anymore and if so how does one track their ipod's location now.

chris123343 wrote:
JimHdk wrote: if I were an Apple manager, I would not have my skilled technical people wading through these anonymous forums.
While you have a point wrt the tech staff, I'd expect some acknowledgment of the problem, and perhaps an indication of a schedule/priority. For the formal bug report systems I am familiar with ( I'm a professional engineer/scientist, PhD in EE ) there is feedback to the reporter, and a mapping of priorities. IMHO, there is a lot of quiet from apple over this.
But, thanks for your response, I guess I will wait patiently ( or at least until an android PDA shows up )
Yes, the "no response to problem reports" does give the not-so-warm feeling of shoving something into a black hole. Occasionally, Apple will contact a problem reporter if they need more technical detail.
I did see a comment from someone once where they reported that someone at Apple told them that Apple was looking at a way for users to request updates/corrections to the database. Lots of "someones" in there so take that for what it's worth.
An automatic update mechanism isn't so easy since it could be maliciously abused. The Skyhook update mechanism was quite slow to take effect perhaps for this reason.

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