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Hi,
I have bought a Toshiba TGO1 ,what GPS software can I use with this phone running win mobile 6.5,the chip is a Arm Snapdragon on chip GPS,can this run as stand alone GPS,or do I need to be connected to the internet.It is using port GPD9.


Regards to all
Ron

When you bought the phone, what did the phone company say about the GPS feature and what software application can interface with it?

Also, what does it say in the owner's manual for the phone? Anything? How about Toshiba's website?

When you go through all of the different menus on the phone, is there a page that contains some reference to LatLon or location?

Maybe the GPS chip is in there, but there aren't any software for it yet, and they expect the software will get developed over time by someone else.

Easiest thing to try is to download Google Mobile Maps to your phone, which supports GPS, and see what happens when you select "Use GPS" in its menu.

It's free, but will use the data connection heavily, so if you're on a limited data plan, limit your use of the app. Even so, it'll tell you if the GPS works right out of the box or not.

Hi

There is an update to the Toshiba Wireless Manager that now includes a GPS option to enable or disable GPS, so this can be used in place of my GPS Enabler.

The new wireless manager is here, it has been posted for their new Netbook which uses the same card and I suspect they will sell the Netbook as having GPS. This software works just fine on other laptops that have the same card.

To turn GPS on and off from the Wireless network manager click the View menu then GPS at the bottom.