GPS Enabled??

[Mr_Sinister]

Is it true that the mogul has GPS capabilities, but locked until the Rev A rom update?

Thanks.

[killerkhatiby009]

Yes, it is true. Although nobody knows if it will be a full GPS, that will be able to be used in programs like google maps or tom tom. Or if it is going to be something that you have to have the sprint navigation pack for, and pay per use, or monthly. Also it will not be a standalone GPS, it is going to be AGPS, which only works where you have signal, as it doesnt communicate directly with the satellite, but instead uses the signal towers to. Hope this clarifies things for you.

[pflatlyne]

Yes, it is true. Although nobody knows if it will be a full GPS, that will be able to be used in programs like google maps or tom tom. Or if it is going to be something that you have to have the sprint navigation pack for, and pay per use, or monthly. Also it will not be a standalone GPS, it is going to be AGPS, which only works where you have signal, as it doesnt communicate directly with the satellite, but instead uses the signal towers to. Hope this clarifies things for you.

Thats not really true. We dont know if it will be AGPS. Furthermore,according to the spec on qualcoms website,the chipsets AGPS functions use both the tower AND the satellite for better coverage. In other words,if your not around the tower,it uses the satellites,and vice versa. Thats the whole POINT of agps,acording to qualcom.
At this point,according to qualcom,the chipset in the 6800 does in fact have full standalone GPS capability. It also has AGPS capability. Qualcom calls their setup GPSOne if I remember correctly. We have no idea what functionality sprint will unlock. If I had to guess, I think they will unlock full GPS functionality,but lock it down to programs that are signed by sprint. This is very easy under Java but I dont know how it works for windows mobile. If they do this,I think it might be rather easy to hack,either unlocking it for any program,or writing a program that accesses it and redirects it to the com port or something,but that is just speculation at this point.

In short,we know the Mogul has full GPS,thats a fact. We know sprint will unlock some part of that functionality. That can be taken as fact,because sprint and HTC have said so on their website. We dont know anything else,and anything else anyone tells you is most likely guesses and speculation.

[killerkhatiby009]

I thought it only had AGPS, now that I know it has the possibility to use a full GPS, Im even more excited. I really hope they just unlock it fully for any programs use. If they get the GPS and Rev. A, the only thing missing from making this device perfect would be more RAM. I can't wait for the update.