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SiRF making GPS chips for Android (gPhone)

Dec 18, 2007 gps navigation, phones 3 Comments

Manufacturer of the most popular GPS receiver chip Star III, SiRF, today announced that they started to implement features to make sure that GPS-enabled mobile phones based on Android provide location awareness experience for the consumers, joining Google to promote Android.

SiRF is actively working on the Android platform to include some of the more innovative features of Secure User Plane Location (SUPL), a standards-based protocol that allows a mobile handset client to communicate with a SUPL Location Platform (SLP), including transport layer security (TLS) for location privacy and multiple session capabilities to provide the most compelling user experience. SiRF is also implementing support for Android-based assisted GPS (A-GPS) handsets, including mobile station based (MSB) and mobile station assisted (MSA) positioning methods to ensure that the Android platform passes Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and 3GPP conformance testing for third-party certification. SiRF intends to enable its customers to quickly bring Android-based handsets to market by providing Android platform support for a broad range of products based on the SiRFstarIII architecture, including its single-chip SiRFstarIII GSD3t high-performance satellite signal processor.

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gphone demystified

Nov 7, 2007 gps navigation, software 4 Comments

Everybody was a little disappointed yesterday when Google announced GPhone and it was not an actual phone. It turned out to be some sort of Open Handset Alliance that didn’t mean a lot to the end consumer. So we at Navigadget decided to translate their press release cartoon to something everybody could understand.

The new GPhone is going to support the following Google services/searches when it comes out in second half of 2008:

• gmail
• picasa
• weather
• google earth
• music search
• flight info
• youtube
• local search
• traffic info
• maps and directions

There you have it. And as we speculated before GPhone will have GPS so it can pinpoint your location for maps and directions and stuff.

All of this information is going to pop out of your light blue handset in 3D form.

will GPhone have GPS?

Nov 1, 2007 gps navigation, phones 12 Comments

This maybe the rumored GPhone we’ve been waiting for. And at this point that’s all we have so far. From the picture all we can tell is that it features Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and a QWERTY keyboard. Also there’s a microSD card slot as well as a mini USB port on the sides.

There’s also a 2MP camera on the back and probably a little slot where the stylus fits. We don’t see any GPS/satellite icons but maybe an extra LED for satellite fix. To be honest we have no clue whether this is the real GPhone or if it has integrated GPS or not… We’ll have to wait and see… via

more about GPS on the GPhone

Sep 5, 2007 gps navigation, phones Leave a comment

We continue to collect information (aka “rumors”) on the GPS capabilities of the GPhone which we already assume is a reality. According to WSJ Google has been in touch with phone manufacturers about the technical specifications of the GPhone. Google wants to give consumers more options and they hope multiple manufacturers will take on the job and the phones will be offered through multiple carriers.

A Google spokesman yesterday declined to comment on a Google phone project, but noted: “We are partnering with almost all of the carriers and manufacturers to get Google search and other Google applications onto their devices and networks.”

The specs Google has come up with suggests that manufacturers include digital camera, built-in Wi-Fi, support 3G, and include GPS .

GPhone exists and will have GPS

Aug 28, 2007 gps navigation, phones 3 Comments

According this dude’s podcast GPhone is definitely confirmed and it will have GPS feature. We’re not exactly sure when but they mention as soon as ‘2 weeks’ during the conversation.

His contact is apparently a Google employee that said “google application suit is going to play a huge role” and “the thought process behind GPhone functionality is less about beating the iPhone and more about the beating the $100 laptop.”

And of course he says at some point “it is gonna have GPS on it” which will work nicely with Google Maps. And the final detail they reveal is that it’ll run a modified Linux kernel.

We’re not exactly sure if we’re already past the “is GPhone for real?” but we already find ourselves asking if it has GPS…

(and can somebody please photoshop another image!!! This one is getting boring)