dmacias . org » googe maps http://dmacias.org Not quite crazy not quite sane. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:25:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google maps my location and the HTC Mogul 6800 http://dmacias.org/2007/11/29/google-maps-my-location-and-the-htc-mogul-6800/ http://dmacias.org/2007/11/29/google-maps-my-location-and-the-htc-mogul-6800/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:34:25 +0000 dmacias http://dmacias.org/2007/11/29/google-maps-my-location-and-the-htc-mogul-6800/ Well, Google released version 2 of their mobile Google maps, you can find the download link here. Now, if you’re like me, a proud owner of the HTC 6800 with Sprint, you will be happy to know that this new software works great with this phone. It even seems to load a little faster. However, Google has a new feature called My Location, which uses cell tower triangulation to “find” your location. This seems to work for pretty much all other phones except for the HTC running Windows. Now, I’m still not sure if this is a HTC issue or a Sprint crippleware, but I’m working on it. However, if you’re curious why if this new feature works, the answer is no.

~david

12/05/2007 Update

So, there is still no working My Location in Google maps. However, take a look at this. The part of most interest is the following quote:

“Additionally, HTC is currently developing a separate ROM update which enables the EV-DO Rev. A and GPS capabilities that are already built into the Mogul hardware. Sprint and HTC plan to make this software ROM available in early 1Q 2008. Please bookmark this page for easy reference.”

Could this mean that the HTC Mogul will finally have true GPS capabilities?!? I sure hope so.

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