Oct 4, 2007 gps navigation, phones
Can you believe AT&T left the GPS on the new Tilt unlocked, letting you use it with any software that you like? That was unexpected. Here are the bit and pieces of mobilitysite’s review that relates to the GPS function on the new AT&T tilt – which referred to it back in the days as TyTN II or Kaiser.
So while driving I had it in the car mount putting the GPS through it’s paces when the phone rang, I answered it of course, but had to retrieve some information from an email to discuss and made all of these tasks without the slightest hiccup! Also, I was able to close all of the phone, and email applications and return to the GPS which was still rockin’ along, not missin’ a beat!
Now, did I happen to mention that the new AT&T 8925 Tilt happens to come with a built in GPS? WELL IT DOES! And boy does it work well! I have spent over 750 miles this week putting the 8925 through rigorous GPS Testing! I tested the GPS in three different software environments, those being the trial software included TeleNav, Google Maps, and Windows Live Search. As this was my first real experience with a converged device with built in GPS, I was not sure what to expect. there still is not a lot known about the GPS radio, and you learn even less when you buy the device! There is no controls to initiate or turn off the GPS. It simply activates when you open up any given software. I have used several Garmin Units (Hertz Rent-a-car), and fell in love with the 3D mapping, and all the extra POI info that they include. You wont get that much of that with the TeleNav software, and you will get even less with the Google and MS Live Search software. But with the TeleNav, you will get solid GPS mapping that performs very well. It is amazing that the 8925 actually acquires satellites faster than the stand alone GPS Units that I have rented! the only real down side is that as good as the speaker phone is on the 8925, it is still difficult to hear sometimes when there is a lot of road noise. Hopefully someone will release an integrated speaker, mobile car mount like is offered for the 8525. And that would be the only gripe I have with an integrated GPS into a mobile device is sound level. I have thoroughly enjoyed the GPS and can say it works REALLY well.
But CNet wasn’t that happy with GPS:
However, we ran into some problems with the built-in GPS radio. It took at least 10 tries for the Tilt to get a fix on our position, and it repeatedly told us that the GPS signal was too weak and needed a better view of the sky. We can understand that, but we were already in an open area, so it was frustrating to have to sit there and wait.
You can get it for $300 (after rebate) this Friday.
DeluoGPS just launched a new product that brings 
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