PartFoundry locoGPS iPhone module hack works with Google maps
December 17, 2007 by Krzysztof
Engadget posted an update on the recently revealed GPS module iPhone hack from PartFoundry that we reported on last week.
New details are now available about it: this iPhone GPS module that now received an official name — locoGPS — will only work with a jailbreaked iPhone. Based on the SiRF Star III chip, the locoGPS module from PartFoundry will work as an extension to your Google Maps (see the demonstration video below).
However, the fact that this device works based on Google Maps (that recently came up with a GPS-like feature, although not for iPhone owners) and would require an EDGE connection to actually display the maps certainly eats at its usability. After all, wouldn’t you like to have a GPS device that doesn’t use EDGE (and accumulate according bills) every time you want to check the map? At least that’s the idea with regular GPS devices…
Partfoundry’s locoGPS modile will be offered at the price of USD $89 in February 2008 — that is when the official Apple iPhone Software Development Kit should be available (what is not clear, however, is why PartFoundry needs wait for the SDK to be released if the device has to be used with jailbreaked iPhones — please do let us know if you have any ideas).
Related posts:
- GPS Module for the iPhone (For Real!) by PartFoundry
- New Google Maps Update Includes GPS Simulation, but not for the iPhone
- iPhone firmware v2.2 beta 2 adds public transit directions to Google Maps
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