Viewing Articles with the tag: gps
TrackMe: A Quick Look
10.Aug.08 | 3 Comments
I continue to be intrigued with the idea of tracking or mapping my bike rides. Back in June I found Gmaps Pedometer which I initially liked. However, tracking the longer rides via double-clicking waypoints for each and every turn got old. Fast!
My neighbor sent me over a link to TrackMe this week and I had [...]
Mogul Flash - Win Mo 6.1 Upgrade and New Toys
04.Aug.08 | Leave a Comment
While I don’t always love the folks at Sprint (for instance, see this old post) I do have to admit that I sure am happy with how they’ve been supporting my HTC Mogul phone since I bought it last fall. The updates have been coming along at a reasonable rate and each offers new features.
For [...]
HTC Mogul with GPS!
19.Mar.08 | 1 Comment
A quick note from the land of vacation… I was going to take a blogging holiday along with the family holiday, but I couldn’t resist sharing this one.
If you’re an HTC Mogul user, check out the latest ROM update — How about some EVDO Rev. A and GPS?
Oh, and while this has long been [...]
Who Needs GPS?
28.Nov.07 | 15 Comments
My Windows Mobile phone doesn’t have built-in GPS (actually, some argue it does, but just disabled). Based on the new version of Google Maps for Mobile that was announced today I may not be missing it nearly as much. You see, it now features “My Location.”
The “My Location” bit is how the mobile version of [...]
Wi-fi gps? / Spyware / Sidewindow
15.Jul.05 | Leave a Comment
Here’s an interesting article on using Wi-fi for location services. In other words, you could use a laptop with a wireless card to figure out where you are. From the article:
The way it works is that the company has compiled a database of every wireless access point in a given a city. It [...]
