Guest Defenceless Old Lady Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I am thinking very hard about getting a Touch Dual (T-Mobile) but the lack of GPS is putting me off. Google maps claims to be able to fix your location with out a GPS. I know it is not as accurate as a GPS but it would do for me, has anyone tried this? Does it work? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mandt Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 It's no substitute for proper GPS, but it does get reasonably close, usually about a street or two away for me. Bluetooth GPS receivers are dirt cheap on eBay anyway now, a lot less than the fifty-odd quid I paid for mine a couple of years ago :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Defenceless Old Lady Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Thanks for the heads up. I have a GPS unit for my Vario but it is just one more thing to carry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Obsydian Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 I forgot my external GPS the other day, and used Google Map via GPRS, worked fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Downloaded googlemaps on my startrk the other day. Here in Woking it shows a couple of streets away (and very quick) In London it had me almost spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest monkeygadge Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I'm out the way a bit - it's about 1/2 mile out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Disco Stu Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Still no joy over a 3G connection in Coventry :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest irusmal Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 used my location about 2-3 times in different places. Works pretty accurately, i would say about 300-400 meters from actual location. But sometimes cannot identify my location at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ROGUEx360 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Is there any secret to making the 'My Location' feature work without a GPS receiver? I have tried Google Maps on both my XDA2i (HTC Alpine) and iPAQ 614c with my O2 pay monthly sim card, and in both handsets I get a message about my handset not being compatible with the 'My Location' feature. Of course on the iPAQ 614c, I can turn on the GPS and get a fix that way, in which case the 'My Location' feature works. But why does it not work on either handset using the mobile phone network for positioning? Any ideas?, Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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