Guest Treadsoftly Posted January 10, 2003 Report Posted January 10, 2003 Amyone know if there's going to be a GPS addition to the phone via the SD slot?
Guest Ed Posted January 10, 2003 Report Posted January 10, 2003 I know you can do it software-wise cos the 7650 has something. It takes GSM network info to get a position or something.
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted January 10, 2003 Report Posted January 10, 2003 I'm sure GPS SD cards will become available, but then, once again, you have the certification problem with the software that will accompany it...
Guest griffog Posted January 10, 2003 Report Posted January 10, 2003 Streetmap are allegedly developing their app for the Smartphone and have a hardware developer on board who is working on the GPS side. No news on whether this is an SD card module (unlikley, even CF GPS Cards are fairly large and have hefty power drain) or simply an external GPS that plugs into the sync port. It was claimed to be available late Jan. As soon as we get more info I'll post it here and on our site.
Guest Emad Posted January 10, 2003 Report Posted January 10, 2003 It would probably plug into the sd/io port, wouldn't it? What is the format of the gps recievers for the PocketPC platform?
Guest griffog Posted January 10, 2003 Report Posted January 10, 2003 There's a mixture, dedicated clip on GPS jackets on the iPAQ's, CF, and external GPS Mouse styles for the other PocketPC's. GPS has a high power drain and obviously maps are huge consumers of storage space, if you were to occupy the SD slot with a GPS even if this were possible then you'd lose your only storage option for the maps. If you're not familar with the current crop of GPS Nav Systems for PocketPC take a look at our website, you can get the entire UK map down to streetlevel into 85Mb with voice navigation, route re-calculation etc. Now I don't expect we'll see that kind of functionality on a Smartphone for a while yet but it would be great for navigating on foot around a town or city.
Guest budda Posted January 11, 2003 Report Posted January 11, 2003 Now I don't expect we'll see that kind of functionality on a Smartphone for a while yet but it would be great for navigating on foot around a town or city. Until somebody sees you in the City looking at your shiny nice phone and mugs yer! :D
Guest lycrawearer Posted January 11, 2003 Report Posted January 11, 2003 Ed wrote ... I know you can do it software-wise cos the 7650 has something. It takes GSM network info to get a position or something. Interesting ... any more info ? Lycrawearer
Guest griffog Posted January 11, 2003 Report Posted January 11, 2003 Here is the Press Release: LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER, SOUTH HALL 3 & 4, BOOTH 32230 -- Televigation, the leader in wireless motion-based technology and services, announced today the debut of TeleNav ( http://www.telenav.net ), North America's first GPS navigation service for mobile phones. TeleNav gives owners of certain Java (J2ME) mobile phones the ability to navigate turn-by-turn to virtually any street address in the continental United States using a combination of real-time voice and graphical directions delivered directly to their phone. Announced at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, TeleNav opens the door to a wide range of new capabilities and services for wireless phone users. TeleNav costs only $7.00 per month for the basic service (users must also subscribe to a wireless data service from their wireless carrier). TeleNav is user-centric instead of vehicle-centric, meaning that TeleNav subscribers can take the service with them from one vehicle to another. "TeleNav has the great potential to really bring the GPS Navigation technology to the mass market," said Dr. HP Jin, president and chief executive officer of Televigation. "Wireless mobile phones are the most ubiquitous personal technology device in use today; what's more, mobile phones have become a delivery point for a wide range of services that make them truly indispensable to the user. It's only natural to use mobile phones for GPS navigation." To use TeleNav, subscribers first enter their destination by using a voice recognition system or by typing in the address on their Java phone. Once the address is entered, the user starts the TeleNav Java application, after which TeleNav provides real-time, turn-by-turn directions based on the user's current location. Real-time turn-by-turn direction messages are displayed on the mobile phone's screen and audibly played via speakerphone. The screen displays the name of the street where the next turn is to be made, as well as an appropriate turn arrow and real-time distance to the turn. If the user makes a wrong turn or changes course, the system automatically re-routes the user to the original destination. I have no idea how well this will work, as it requires an external GPS to be plugged into your phone then I can't see the point, you may as well get a PPC with Nav and get directions for free rather than pay a sub and GPRS charges to receive this info, GPS is a free service after all! Time will tell :?:
Guest Wlodek Posted January 15, 2003 Report Posted January 15, 2003 I have recently seen a GPS solution for O2 XDA, which I understand has exactly the same connector as the SPV. It consists of a GPS 'mouse type' receiver, a cable to the phone and Tom-Tom navigation software. I think this makes sense, as the place you want to keep your SPV with its tiny screen is usually entirely different from where it will receive suitable sat. signals for the GPSR to work. Incidentally, this also _may_ mean that the XDA/SPV connecotr has some serial elements in it, as this is the standard 'language' of the GPSRs. Therefore we know the hardware exists, all that is needed is Tom-Tom software with SPV/Orange sig., which is also ported to the phone version of Pocket Windows (allegedly not too much hassle, but please correct me if I am wrong). Better still, as many of us have various GPSRs already (I am a proud Etrex Vista owner), maybe just the software and Garmin-XDA/SPV cable would do? What do we do next? Write to Tom-Tom? Express loads of interest? All the best, Wlodek
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