gps for your dell mini 9
Oct 8, 2008 gps navigation, hacks
If you had your eye on the Dell Mini 9 but were holding off because it contained no internal GPS receiver you no longer have an excuse. Thanks to Tom you can now add your own GPS receiver with A-GPS support to your Dell Mini 9. You’ll have to spend some extra cash on the receiver (only $30), and have a quite a bit of soldering skills we’re guessing. And of course some free time.
…I then started moving the Bluetooth adapter and removing the old mounting provisions for it, since they were now in the way. There was enough room, but just barely. If the GPS was another 2mm thick, it would not have fit. The GPS completely fills the space between the Bluetooth adapter and trackpad. There is a lot more space on the bottom of the laptop in the unused WWAN card area, but the GPS needs to be on top so that it has a view of the sky. A unit with a separate antenna may provide other mounting options, but I decided it would unnecessarily complicate things…
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October 8th, 2008 at 3:33 am
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February 1st, 2009 at 12:08 am
mod not required for those dell mini 9’s that have a HSPA 5530 mobile broadband network adapter, say purchased through Vodaphone. As this has a built in chipset for GPS – you just need to install new drivers and your away.