REV A and GPS Nav ROM update watch

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OK, the rumored date is Jan 28th ... anybody know more G2 ??

I haven't heard anything official yet. I wish it would have come out before Tuesday since I will be going out of town and I could have tested it. I'll be back by the 28th, but I'll still be happy if its released by then. Hopefully they've thoroughly tested it and there won't be many/any bugs.

Originally Posted by anywhereanytime

OK, the rumored date is Jan 28th ... anybody know more G2 ??

will the GPS by turn by turn on the phone? or do i need an adapter of some sort?

Originally Posted by spunks3

will the GPS by turn by turn on the phone? or do i need an adapter of some sort?

The GPS is just enabling the chip in the phone. You will need another app to actually use it. You could pay monthly for Telenav, which would use your internet connection to download maps as you drive. You could buy iGuidance, TomTom, or a similar program and load all of your maps onto your SD card. iGuidance will announce the street names, TomTom will just say "Turn left in 1 mile". This should make it work with Google Maps and Live Search as well. You can get directions off of these programs, but its not voice guided.

Check out this YouTube video - the author has comments "off" do you know exactly which software this is ??

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PDXXYuJSWM4

Honest question/comment:

Everything I've read and seen in the last couple of months indicates the Titan would get RevA & GPS in early Q1, with the Vogue getting it several months later.

What did I miss?

TIA

Originally Posted by wsparvis

Honest question/comment:

Everything I've read and seen in the last couple of months indicates the Titan would get RevA & GPS in early Q1, with the Vogue getting it several months later.

Everything I have seen suggests that BOTH will be at the same time - do you have a recent article that says they will be staggered ??

I am referring to the Sprint Touch, and therefore the Sprint Mogul - everything I have read is that both will be at the same time ?

Originally Posted by anywhereanytime

Everything I have seen suggests that BOTH will be at the same time - do you have a recent article that says they will be staggered ??

I am referring to the Sprint Touch, and therefore the Sprint Mogul - everything I have read is that both will be at the same time ?

No, my data points are the standard rumors and speculation floating around all the sites. I've seen a number of comments about 'same time' recently, and a lot about 'staggered' in the couple of months preceeding that. The only published and official fact that I've seen anywhere in months is Sprint's statement about Mogul in Q1 on HTC's site and at BAW.

It would make perfect sense for them to be released at the same time - not that sense is something I would associate with Sprint! :=)

I will be thrilled if they both come out at the same time, and soon. I have given up on my Mogul and put it on a shelf pending a likely trade for a Treo 800w. My Touch is now my primary phone.

Originally Posted by anywhereanytime

Check out this YouTube video - the author has comments "off" do you know exactly which software this is ??

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PDXXYuJSWM4

This is the new CoPilot Live 7 (http://www.alk.com/copilot/). I have this one also. The software is nice (but I haven't tried it on the Touch). The maps in my area are out-dated compared to iGuidance v4. CoPilot also doesn't announce street names, iGuidance is the only one that does this. ALK said they plan on releasing an update to CoPilot to make it announce street names though, I was never given a time frame.

january 28th is the rumored release for the Moguls GPS/REV.A release, the touch is not set to get a ROM update to enable such until at least Q2 2008.