Dravor (Copyrighted 2005)

So as you remember, I have a Sprint Mogul phone, which was sold as having GPS support. 
Shortly after purchasing the phone Sprint negated that GPS portion.  Sprint and HTC, the
 maker of the Mogul, continued to push back the ROM update which would give us GPS
support.  While we are still waiting for the official release in March, some of the folk beta
testing apparently let the rom’s slip, and the folks over at forum.xda-developers.com and
other Windows Mobile Enthusiasts were able to take the drivers from that rom, and give us
a new rom containing the GPS Drivers, and the Windows Mobile 6.1 update.

So I present to you:

This is my Sprint Mogul using Google’s GoogleMap’s Application, with GPS turned on.  This is using the
satellite map overlap that you can turn on within the app. 

Here is a picture using the standard maps:

While the GoogleMaps application will not currently give you voice prompts on where to turn, you can plot directions to any place, from your current GPS location.  It’s ideal for those times that you get lost, and happen to not have your Garmin GPS unit in the car.  Initial testing has proved that this unit is within 10ft of the actual location, and has great accuracy.  Also this phone has a true GPS antenna, and I’ve seen as many as 7 satellites connected.  Some other phones come with GPS-A, which use cell phone towers to triangulate an area, and the towers then use that location to get GPS coordinates from the Satellites.  This is a nice solution since it does not require a phone connection to work.  GoogleMaps however is dependant on a data connection.  You can use other software like the TomTom software, which has maps on a SD/mini SD drive, which will let you GPS without even a phone conneciton.

Let me know what you think!

-Dravor