Spectec shows off miniSD Bluetooth GPS unit
We already caught sight of the miniSD GPS unit that Spectec trotted out a while back, but it looks like the company's now managed to cram one more piece of technology into that tiny form factor although, as before, there's still no indication as to when it might actually be available. The new bit of tech this time around is some built-in Bluetooth, which will apparently allow the GPS to work with handheld devices that don't have the goods to handle all that data coming through the miniSD card slot. While it would seemingly be ready to work with just about any device, according to Gearlog, Spectec says they'll be "primarily targeting" Windows Mobile users -- assuming the thing ever makes it out the door, that is.
Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Handhelds
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
superted @ Jan 8th 2008 12:09PM
crikey, that's hardly going to be seamless when it's in the device is it
cyberfrog @ Jan 8th 2008 12:34PM
woah... can this be used to get gps working on the ds? i know most homebrew carts take microsd, but i would by a specific minisd cart if it would get gps on it, that'd be very, very cool.
ClaMs @ Jan 8th 2008 12:48PM
Are there many gadgets with MiniSD and no BlueTooth out there?
parr @ Jan 8th 2008 12:49PM
*snap*
...=[
Rand @ Jan 8th 2008 1:03PM
All that data coming through the MiniSD slot? Once a second you get a small burst of information? Hardly on par with copying a file of any size to a MiniSD card. And call me picky, but most devices that use a MiniSD slot don't usually place said slot in a location that would work well with that damn monster nub sticking out.
Rand @ Jan 8th 2008 1:03PM
@ClaMs: I think what they are saying is they expect their device to use its bluetooth to talk to the device its inserted in via BT because the MiniSD slot can't handle the data bandwidth of the GPS.
packetsniffer @ Jan 8th 2008 1:52PM
I'm confused. What could this possibly be used for?
It has Bluetooth in case the device it's inserted into isn't able to deal with the data transfer from GPS chip? That sounds just a little bizarre...
OneLove @ Jan 8th 2008 5:06PM
HTC wheres my gps and evdo rev a. mogul rom?
thethirdmoose @ Jan 8th 2008 5:48PM
i wont be satisfied until its microsd