GPS receiver

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

Not sure how closely it fits what you're looking for, but all recent Motorola iDEN phones (Nextel & BoostMobile) have GPS units built in. You can turn on NMEA 0183 output from these and access it over either serial or USB depending on which data cable you get. You might be able to find someone with an older i730 or something that they'd give you, or else you can find the Boost i415 for about $30 at places like Target & Wal-Mart. $10 will probably get you the data cable from eBay.

{edit} You don't need to have it activated to use the GPS, and the Boost i415 is a pre-paid so it can be bought w/o contract. {/edit}

oooooh! I like.....I will deffinately check it out, is it hard to turn on the output or is it just a setting on the phone?

-John

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

oooooh! I like.....I will deffinately check it out, is it hard to turn on the output or is it just a setting on the phone?

It's just a setting in a menu.

[John Gutmann]

Oh, nice, I think I will have to check that out

-John

[karlcswanson]

I am going to look in to this too. It looks like boost mobile data charge is $.35 a day. I think a J2ME application could have access to the serial port and GPS. mologogo uses phones like this to make cheap gps trackers.

[John Gutmann]

ewww data charges....I would rather go get a etrex or something like that so I can use it while I hunt then too.

-John

[karlcswanson]

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

ewww data charges....I would rather go get a etrex or something like that so I can use it while I hunt then too.

-John

no, the data charges are if you use the internet. Using the GPS is free.