iPhone / iPod Touch GPS in development

Darren

An enterprising electrical engineer is currently testing working prototypes of a GPS module compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch devices.

His blog site here is covering the design and prototyping stages from early CAD design models to his current working prototypes.

He needs 1000 orders for the first production run so if you're interested in obtaining a unit once the development process is complete you can vote on the website to indicate your interest.
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Darren Griffin

not_sure_i_care · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 23

WOW!

Now that we can see it can be done, either it will be in the shops within a couple of months, or Apple will announce that they are going to release one.
How soon is Navigation?

Are Apple going to go with TomTom or Garmin......? With Nokia buying Navteq and TomTom acquiring TeleAtlas kind of muddies the water a bit seeing as someone will have to supply the mapping and Google do not have a viable routing engine yet.

MaFt · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

or they could go with copilot or igo or numerous other options Wink

they could even make their own?!

MaFt

not_sure_i_care · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 23

True, but co-pilot have a deal with T-Mobile in the UK (as you know) and I doubt that Apple will go with someone that is not a global player.

And especially anyone that has anything to do with Navteq (as in Nokia) or Microsoft. Maps is one thing, the route engine is another.

MaFt · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject:

they also have a 'deal' with o2 as well so i can't see that affecting anything?

still, it'd be interesting as to who they go for (if anyone at all)

MaFt

Kar98 · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject:

not_sure_i_care · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 23

So...we agree Apple will do it then? There have been many posts regarding lack of GPS functionality on the iPhone and now we can see it is possible.

If this guy is as clever business minded as he is technically he will make a fortune.

Darren · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:36 am Post subject:

As I see it , either Apple will go for it or at least allow a third part to, in which case this guy's efforts, whilst laudable, will be usurped by much bigger players or they won't.

If they don't then this may be the only option and I guess you would need a Jailbroken iPhone in order to use it which will drastically reduce the market. No major player will bother developing if it requires the iPhone to be Jailbroken to use.

Having said that, mine's Jailbroken and it's a better phone because of it, we'll have to see what 2.0 brings to the mix.
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mcwarre · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2004 Posts: 157

Who cares??? The iPhone may look great and have a cracking UI but it is severely limited in comparison to a win mobile device (sorry make that any win mobile device)

mostdom · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

ramzez · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 98

iGo has already shown their version for iphone on CeBit, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA0vVsCDbfo

Darren · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject:

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