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Pre-iPhone I used my Symbian phone as the GPS system in my car, using software called Route 66 and a bluetooth based GPS receiver. The map data was all stored
by spoppy 5y ago
Pre-iPhone I used my Symbian phone as the GPS system in my car, using software called Route 66 and a bluetooth based GPS receiver.
The map data was all stored on an MMC card so it didn't need any GPRS data. I used both a Nokia 6600 and then a 6680 with the same software.
https://www.pocketgpsworld.com/route66-mobile-britain.php https://www.pocketgpsworld.com/route66-mobile-britain.php
Only the bluetooth GPS receiver had to be kept in the
windscreen, and both parts were small enough I could easily could take out of the car when leaving it.
I suppose it was slightly bleeding-edge stuff for it's time but it worked pretty well considering the capabilities of the device and was much cheaper than a dedicated GPS unit with no ongoing costs.
- Nexxxeh 5y agoTomTom on my Orange-branded HTC Windows phone/palmtop for me. Unrelated obviously, but as someone who was surprisingly poor for an owner of such a phone in those days (it was on my mum's phone contract and we had to fight and haggle to get it), satnav software piracy was rampant back in the day. I think there's still a Bluetooth GPS receiver somewhere in my old room at my folks place...