Rumors on Herald having built-in GPS

[Biom Defiler]

Hi everybody,

Today one of the Russian PDA forums was claiming Herald to have a built-in GPS (!!!) just like the one in Artemis. The only problem is that there's some contact needing to be soldered.

What do you think, is that possible?

[BackDraft]

Interesting )))) 4PDA ???? :D

[jaikben22]

Please post more info

[Biom Defiler]

Interesting )))) 4PDA ???? :D

Yup. It was on 4PDA.

[BackDraft]

Yup. It was on 4PDA.

I see ))))) :D

[keremk]

Please send a link so we can take a look at this and research the possibility of gps.

[pgp]

this would be great, anyone can post a link so that we can view it and practive our russian.

best regards

[ichbins456]

any new informations?

it's a nice fact, my vpa compact 4 will come in 3 days :)

[keremk]

Still waiting for the link on that gps coverage ?????

[Lurker0]

The source of the rumor is here (http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=27751&view=findpost&p=544643).

But there is nothing more than was said already. Just a pure claim (speculation?), without any detalis.

[Biom Defiler]

The initial source says that he had heard it from a person who is an official HTC representative. No more no less. Blueprints unavailable.

[xnym]

I heard fm a newsgroup said that, Herald using the same radio chips as Trinity, which has GPS capability.

But the problem is, Herald doesn't have built-in GPS antenna. That may be what "soldering" needed

[Bader]

Herald and Trinity have different RF modules. Don't confuse it with TyTN, pls.
I've dissassembled Herald - there's no anything inside about GPS

[ElProempie]

Well.. i think every HTC has an build in GPS because the Herald uses EDGE. that's an sort of GPS so maybe if you search the internet for an edge gps converter, it will show up something promesing. but if you guys want me to contact the HTC company and ask them if the phone has an GPS, i'd do that. a friend of mine works at HTC. i can contact him.

Sry about my rubbish english. it's early in the morning.

[hidavi]

^What?! I... wha... I'm gonna go smoke a blunt.

[igord]

Even if it has GPS, where do you think we can put the antenna? I think Artemis and Herald are same from hardwer point of view.

[slimag]

that cant be true. in trinity there was antena and cpu with integrated gps chipset. in hermes there was same cpu with same chipset but there was no way to install antena and project was quit.
in artemis there is same cpu as in herald but this cpu is in wizard to for example (and in some smartphone) and gps isn't integrated. in artemis this is a standalone chipset which i cant find on my heralds motherboard.. and.. even if that chip is somewhere on our mb's it will not work at all because of lack of antenna.

and between gps and gprs (edge) there are "huge" diffrence...
"edge gps converter"? :D :D :D

and this as a bonus for them who dont belive me that omap850 doesnt have gps implementation. http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbuproductcontent.tsp?templateId=6123&navigationId=12000&contentId=4679

sorry for my english :/

[ivanmmj]

It was probably misread from here. (http://www.pdagold.com/articles/detail.asp?a=299)

Such a large portfolio makes it difficult to differentiate individual models substantially. A quick look at the technical specifications will reveal many similarities with the HTC P3300 (Artemis) that we reviewed recently, although the devices look completely different. In short, take out the GPS module and the unique HTC RollR™ control, add a slider keyboard and voila: we can herald a new device.