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January 11, 2008

low cost alternative to cowon Q5W + GPS - MTWO Technologies GPS-288 - FLAC xvid TV-out SDRAM 2gigs

Filed under: CIO, Cowon Q5W, GPS, HardWare, PMP, Sagacious, Sagacious Himself — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Sagacious Himself @ 8:00 pm

MTWO Technologies GPS-288

2.8-inch Multimedia Player with GPS Navigation Function

http://m-two.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008811374324/pdtl/Portable-GPS/1004679615/Portable-GPS.htm

MTWO Technologies GPS-288

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Plays videos and the beloved FLAC… TV-out, secondary to GPS

Key Specifications/Special Features:

  • GPS navigation, music player, video player, photo viewer, FM radio, voice recording, E-book and gaming all-in-one
  • Embedded Linux system (version 2.6.14)
  • Actions ATT2200 processor (MIPS + DSP, 180MHz)
  • Screen: 2.8-inch TFT LCD, QVGA 320 x 240, 260K colors, touch screen
  • Storage: build-in NAND flash, up to 1GB, external SD/MMC card up to 2GB
  • Music format: WMA, DRM WMA, ASF, OGG, APE, FLAC, WAV, AUDIBLE
  • Supports ID3 LRC
  • Equalizer: seven mode, SRS WOW, SRS WOW HD, user mode
  • Recording: FM recording, MIC recording. Format: WAV, ACT
  • Photo viewer: support JPEG, BMP, GIF format
  • Video format: XviD, AMVB, WMV
  • Video out: TV out
  • USB OTG
  • FM radio and FM recording
  • Support actions DRM
  • Build-in stereo speaker
  • System:
    • CPU: Actions ATT2200 processor (MIPS + DSP, 180MHz)
    • SDRAM: 64MB
    • NAND flash: 64MB (up to 1GB)
    • OS: embedded Linux system (version 2.6.14)
  • Functions:
    • Channels: 20
    • Position: less than 10m
    • Velocity: 0.1m/seconds
    • Time: 0.01 seconds to GPS time
    • TTFF (open sky)
    • Reacquisition: 0.1 seconds, average
    • Hot start: 8 seconds, average
    • Warm start: 29 seconds, average
    • Cold start: 42 seconds, average
    • Antenna: embedded antenna[ Himself.wordpress.com ]

December 12, 2006

GPS in mobile phones only “on” when 911 dialed (in 80s called cell phones) ?

Filed under: All Your Base, BULLSHIT, CIO, GPS, Sagacious, Sagacious Himself — Sagacious Himself @ 2:40 pm

Bovine Feces!  I find the battery in my moto e815 lasts longer when I disable the GPS “feature” in one of the hidden menus.  Now if it was only “on” when I dialed 911, and I haven’t yet dialed 911 from my phone why does the battery last longer with the feature only “on” when 911 is dialed is disabled?

are you ready to receive a speeding ticket courtesy GPS in your mobile phone?

will I have to store my mobile phone in a tiny Faraday jacket until I’m ready to dial?

its almost as creepy as Gmail

(stop refering to mobile phones as cell phones)

July 6, 2006

using gps features on e815 no hack

[#][#][4][7][7][1][end]

4771 stands for GPS1

and then it asks for an SPC code… enter

[0][0][0][0][0][0]

these steps will take you to the gpsOne menu, and modify the settings in the settings menu by

changing the lock status [3] to off, test mode [4] to off, sample count [5] to 1, and transport type [6] to DBM.

You can’t change the IP address or the IP port [without a SEEM edit]. In the GPS test menu, you don’t need the start application function either. All you need is the ‘Last Location’ function.

Make sure your phone is enabled to use the GPS function, not just the E911 function. [073887]
Press end to clear out back to the start screen

Dial 922 and stay on the line until some gibberish starts coming out of
the phone. * hang up, you need not stay on the line after that.

go back into the GPS menu and press last location. BOOM. There are your
Longitude and Latitude coordinates. Go to mapquest and enter your
coordinates here:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp

source

see also: http://himself.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/review-bluetooth-gps-reciver-for-ipaq/

* IMPORTANT: in some areas dialing 922 MIGHT connect you to emergency services. Do not hang up on them; instead POLITELY and PROFUSELY apologize explaining the number you did dial.

Once someone figures out how to sign BREW applications I imagine there will be some lovely homebrewbrew brewhaha (puns intended). Homebrewbrew GPS mapping software… better than Get It Now NAVItime. Since QPST, PST, et al are already pirated… its just the next step to pirate the software for signing applications ;)

Remember.. its not wrong to lie- or steal from- verizon.

June 30, 2006

review BlueTooth GPS reciver for iPaq

Filed under: GPS, Geeky goodness, HardWare, Knowledge, News and Announcements, Review, Sagacious, Sagacious Himself — Sagacious Himself @ 10:25 pm

Dead Reckoning

WAAS EGNOS MSAS

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9611/apr36jx.gif

DGPS
SBAS

ANTARIS vs SiRF III vs TycoElectronis

more soon

possibly the ultimate geeky chipset for GPS devices:

GPS

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