I’ve received quite a few emails about the Windows Mobile version of BlueGPS.  Just last night I finished the compass animation and should have a few bugs worked out this weekend.  I’ll be releasing it for public beta sometime next week and will create a landing page for the app.  It’s much more elegant than [...]

Google scores a point. Well not really, but I did find this kind of funny when trying to download Google Maps to my Windows Mobile device:

I spent a little time this evening working on a screen for the Windows Mobile version of BlueGPS. I have a few bugs to work out and should be releasing it within the next week. Here’s a sample screen:

I plan on getting the compass to display the appropriate direction. I had a compass [...]

As I’ve been working on my Bluetooth GPS app for Windows Mobile I’ve been thinking how to display useful information on a map. The GPS receiver provides all sorts of data such as location, altitude, speed, direction and many other things. Instead of displaying this information in a simple text format I’d like to do [...]

I recently updated my Bluetooth GPS app for Windows Mobile to accommodate speed and direction.  I’m still working through a threading problem with sending data over HTTP.  This would enable more real-time communication between the device and server.  Think about driving in a car and having someone being able to see your location update automatically [...]

In my recent post about programming my Cingular 8125 to talk to my Bluetooth GPS receiver, I failed to realize one minor detail.  Since I was pretty excited about getting longitude, latitude, and altitude to display on my phone I didn’t realize that it wasn’t updating.  No matter how long I let it run the [...]

I’ve been using the mobile version of Virtual Earth for a couple of weeks now and have found it to be very handy. This appears to Microsoft’s response to Google’s mobile mapping application. The main limitation that I’ve found with Google’s software is the fact that it cannot determine my current location. [...]

Since I started working at SensorLogic I’ve been fascinated with the whole machine-to-machine space. I’ve been inspired to connect everything I possibly can to the Internet. A couple of years ago I decided to write a program for my P900 called BlueGPS, which runs on several Symbian devices. BlueGPS allowed my P900 [...]

Every now and then I like to post screen captures from my 8125. I found a great utility for taking screen captures that are saved to bitmap files. It’s called Pocket Screen Capture and is completely free. It runs on a timer so that you can prep the screen before taking the [...]

About a year and a half ago I released BlueGPS, a Symbian UIQ application. BlueGPS runs on devices such as Sony Ericsson’s P800 and P900 phones. BlueGPS can establish a wireless connection between the phone and Bluetooth GPS receiver. This acts as a virtual serial port and data is streamed to the phone. [...]