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Is there a mobile phone with GPS?
tcall
26-05-2005
I looking at doing a spot of Geocaching and as it's time for a mobile upgrade wondered if there is a phone that has gps built in?

Any help would be appreciated
Salt
26-05-2005
You can attach an adaptor to the Nokia 6600, and get software to use it as a GPS system.
joea1
26-05-2005
The Motorola A835 and the NEC e616v have it, it's excellent and works great!
Peej Kerton
26-05-2005
Originally Posted by joea1:
“The Motorola A835 and the NEC e616v have it, it's excellent and works great!”

GPS - Global Positioning System
not
GPRS - General Packet Radio Service.

Like these two pay as you go bricks would have GPS built in!
joea1
26-05-2005
Err no. Try again, and do your research again. Why would I say they do if they don't. Come back and prove they don't have (A)GPS, because I can prove they do.
Last edited by joea1 : 26-05-2005 at 18:30
makavelianz
26-05-2005
yup joea1 is right about the motorola one just checked it but i still agree with peej that these bricks are only good for building a wall
joea1
26-05-2005
I should know if they have GPS, I've had both of them. They offer lots f features for a low price, esp. the Moto A835. Bluetooth, Infrared, Email, A-GPS, MP3 player, 2 VGA Cameras, Video recorder, 3G support, Java, WAP GPRS, MMS.
neo6776
26-05-2005
well i just got a NEC e616v today for nothing and i can confirm it does have GPS on it, not used it as i dont have a 3g sim for it, i just have a normal sim in as its been unlocked
joea1
26-05-2005
Does the camera work on the unlocked NEC, because a mate had his unlocked for a fiver, but the camera stopped working for a while.
neo6776
26-05-2005
Originally Posted by joea1:
“Does the camera work on the unlocked NEC, because a mate had his unlocked for a fiver, but the camera stopped working for a while.”

yeah camera works fine, in fact everything seems to work fine so far
the chimp
26-05-2005
Motorola A925 has GPS.
mikey86uk
26-05-2005
you can add it to the SPV C500
Stella Artois
27-05-2005
Halfords sell a Medion GPS Smartphone

http://www.halfords.com/opd_product_...type=0&cat=138

It runs on Windows Mobile, V.Good
Tadpole
27-05-2005
Maplin do one,

http://www.maplin.co.uk , look for part number A71BA, or look on the Garmin website.

EDIT: Another company that makes them is called Benefon , but I don't know who retails their gear in the UK.
swiftyme
28-05-2005
on one of the 3G phones with GPS Built in, does it cost to use it? just thinking, something for the bike lol
David
joea1
28-05-2005
Unfortunately, yes. I think it's 25p. But you don't need to be in a 3G area to use it.
swiftyme
28-05-2005
is that price just a flat rate though? or per certain amount of time?
David
dodgygeeza
28-05-2005
For the Nokia 60 series Symbian-based phones you can get a fully-featured mobile version of the TomTom Go GPS navigation system. It comes with a seperate, bluetooth GPS receiver and according to all reviews is rather excellent. I believe the set-up kit is somewhere in the region of £200 though so probably not what you're looking for.
neo6776
28-05-2005
i read somewhere that 3 dont support GPS yet, maybe the article was a bit old, cant find it now to see
Tadpole
31-05-2005
When I trialled an A835 on 3, I could get the phone to show me a (chargeable) map of where I was standing, using GPS and mapping data from 3's website. But I never found a way of directly reading the GPS co-ordinates.

So yes, some of the 3 phones have GPS, but the functionality is very restricted.
lalaland
01-06-2005
My Motorola A1000 on Three has AGPS and it's own inbuilt GPS receiver too.

The AGPS (Assited GPS) is charged by Three as you use their network, but you can turn this off on the menu and only use the GPS receiver which is FREE as you don't use any of Three's network services.

There are several GPS software packages out for the A1000, some better than others and some that are free.

I haven't really bothered using my A1000 for GPS as I have GPS in my car, but on the odd occasion I have used it on foot when lost in a new city it's worked well using the online services from Three. These are of course charged for, but you can pay a flate rate per month of either £5 or £10 depending on your tarrif to use it unlimited without extra charge.

If you are using a symbian UIQ operating system on your phone (like the A1000) then take a look at nhgps. There's also wayfinder, but this appears to be stupidly priced.

Just a shame that Tomtom don't do a UIQ version, although I wouldn't buy it now as I have a dedicated GPS system and it gets a much better signal and the software is spot on.
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