Does telenav need a gps receiver to work or does it work right out of the box by itself? i signed up for it, but it always saying gps signla weak. im not sure if that means the gps is really weak or if i need to use a bluetooth receiver.
You need a bluetooth GPS receiver. That is covered in Cingular's documentation.
rzanology said:
Does telenav need a gps receiver to work or does it work right out of the box by itself? i signed up for it, but it always saying gps signla weak. im not sure if that means the gps is really weak or if i need to use a bluetooth receiver.
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Cingular sells the telenav gps receiver on their site for 99.99 and a monthly subscriptions is needed.
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I have a T-mobile MDA and I want to get a GPS navigation reciever. I have the maps but all I need is the unit that will actually do the blinking on the maps to tell my location. I have a miniSD port on my MDA and I have a 2GB minisd card for it. anyone have an MDA and got theirs to work?
do you know where I can buy one? I am looking for something fairly cheap, not the 300 units. thanks.
can I get it on ebay
could I get the GPS on ebay? what would I need to look for?
tomtom 6 navigator
im using tomtom 6 navigator on my mda, the 2gb is perfect for north america (1.4gb) and 1gb for usa and canada (895mb) and globalsat reciever the best investment yet.
are you in the us? cingular wireless sells it for $100 +tax its the best receiver i ever owned its basically the size of a ipod nano a wee bit thicker... before i had the pharos wireless receiver which sucks not recomended.
LovnGrlyGrlz said:
are you in the us? cingular wireless sells it for $100 +tax its the best receiver i ever owned its basically the size of a ipod nano a wee bit thicker... before i had the pharos wireless receiver which sucks not recomended.
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yes I am in the us, Spokane WA,. so how does it work? is it thought bluetooth, i just want to make sure that if I buy it, I wont end up finding out that it doesnt work.
yep it connects wirelessly through bluetooth.
here's the link to globalsat
http://www.globalsat.com.tw/eng/product_detail_00000076.htm
LovnGrlyGrlz said:
yep it connects wirelessly through bluetooth.
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so would all bluetooth gps recievers work on my MDA?
yeah pretty much... which navi program are you using?
LovnGrlyGrlz said:
yeah pretty much... which navi program are you using?
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tomtom5, but I have a cd with another one, have no idea which.
tomtom 5 is good but bit outdated it should work just fine with any bluetooth receiver, just make sure when buying a receiver check out the specs like if its the latest sirfIII and check out how many channels it can recieve obviously higher the better.
From Argentina
Hi, i live in Argentina, so i dont use the TomTom.
I bought on eBay a BT GPS, brand i-Blue.
It works fine, and i even get satellite reception inside my home (the sensibility is awsome).
Im using a vectorial map of my country which is fully routeable, and runs with Garmin QUE software on the PDA.
Since Garmin requires the GPS to be a Garmin one, i have a software call franson which emulates a Garmin GPS based on the iBlue Data.
There is also an open-source solution to this, but its a little tricky.
When you buy a BT GPS, check out how many satellites it can handle, battery life, and try to get one with and external antena MMCX connector.
I got mine for about 60 bucks plus shipping.
It uses a cheap Nokia-cellphone battery so i can replace it cheap.
Excuse my english, im spanish.
Ps: to get maps working into garming QUE, you just put the MiniSD on the computer, open Mapsource (garmin version of QUE for the PC) and download the maps to the Flash. Then, when you start the QUE, it will load the maps by itself.
Rookie question here: Is it possible to share my Trinity's GPS unit with my Wizard over a Bluetooth connection? Now I don't know if Bluetooth is required to be enabled when using GPS because the Trinity communicates to the GPS unit over BT or if it's just something to get the damn thing working but if it does actually send the GPS data over BT, how would one set the other phone to use this signal?
Thanks.
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Rookie question here: Is it possible to share my Trinity's GPS unit with my Wizard over a Bluetooth connection? Now I don't know if Bluetooth is required to be enabled when using GPS because the Trinity communicates to the GPS unit over BT or if it's just something to get the damn thing working but if it does actually send the GPS data over BT, how would one set the other phone to use this signal?
Thanks.
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Try GPSgate http://www.franson.com/gpsgate/
I have shared Trinity's GPS with my laptop before, I don't see any reason why not between two phone.
GPS data is a one way data stream, so you can record it or redirect it to any virtual COM port on any device designed for it.
But I think GPSgate is the only app I can recall that does it nicely.
Also checkout the PocketPC Experts' reviews of GPS software for other possibilities.
V
You may try also GPS2Blue (http://users.skynet.be/hofinger/GPS2Blue.html) - benefits: it's freeware.
Thanks fellas for your wonderful suggestions. I'm looking into them now.
I had a question regarding this devices bluetooth GPS capablities.
Is there any necessary software to install on the device to use it as a GPS screen?
My intentions are to buy a bluetooth GPS receiver and link it to the phone. There is no way on earth i would pay cingular 9.99 a month for GPS that is already provided free by the government.
Has anyone had any luck linking a generic bluetooth gps receiver with the device? And if someone could please direct me to the GPS software for the device if there is such a thing.
I use a Garmin GPS10. it comes with the GPS software. it runs about $120. works well but most people seem to perfer TomTom.
eith way ypu pay a flat fee for the software and GPS receiver.
I bought a GPS receiver QSTARZ Q818 and it's working perfectly on my 8525 using Google Maps !!! and except for the receiver ($75) everything else is free !!! .. easy to set up and to use. But there is no voice ...
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I bought a GPS receiver QSTARZ Q818 and it's working perfectly on my 8525 using Google Maps !!! and except for the receiver ($75) everything else is free !!! .. easy to set up and to use. But there is no voice ...
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Bought a bt359 gps receiver for $99 from cingular and use live search (free) from microsoft. Has live traffic indicators and maps works great.
john
Voice?
Well I took the sucker punch and got the Tomtom...
Does anyone know where i would be able to download USA maps for the device?
I bought it - and took it back promptly... the GPS they sell only puts out Siirf protocol and not the NMEA. This caused only specific apps to work for me. Perhaps something was screwy on my phone but I could not get ViaVIsualEarth and GoogleMaps to function - but did not try Live Search.
I use the QSTARZ Q818 and it's working like a charm !!
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I bought it - and took it back promptly... the GPS they sell only puts out Siirf protocol and not the NMEA. This caused only specific apps to work for me. Perhaps something was screwy on my phone but I could not get ViaVIsualEarth and GoogleMaps to function - but did not try Live Search.
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Hi guys, I need help with a GPS Antenna.
How can I set up a GPS Antenna on a TyTN?
there's no gps in the hermes, or at least there's no way of making the gps chip in the hermes work.....yet. see the wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_GPS_FAQ
Get yourself a gps reciever that connects via Bluetooth. I picked up a "AntennaGPS" 54 channel reciever for $65 australian on ebay and highly recommend it. You will need the gps software, I like Tomtom 6 or Miomap. You also have to have the maps. These programs WILL cost you but its wothwhile. You may also be able to find on the net for download BUT they are illegal copies. I'll leave it up to you to decide....
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Thanks guys
I just bought a used gps bluetooth receiver, but i dont know how to make it work on my phone. how can i set up and what do i have to download to make it work? thank you
Oh I forgot to tell that the gps receiver is GlobalSat BT-359
shadowluan said:
I just bought a used gps bluetooth receiver, but i dont know how to make it work on my phone. how can i set up and what do i have to download to make it work? thank you
Oh I forgot to tell that the gps receiver is GlobalSat BT-359
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Well if you have not bought or loaded any GPS software then you can for the time being load up a free software GPS Test that at least will show if you are receiving satellite info from your bluetooth device.
To get your bluetooth device recognised by the TyTn you need to use the connections setup to add a bluetooth device and allocate a port to it (port 4 is a good choice normally)
I have not got my TyTn out at the moment but I'm sure someone will give you a step by step guide to adding a bluetooth device if you can't find the menus.
Mike