Dangling Dongle Brings GPS to The iPhone
June 3, 2008 by Sean R.
Filed under Cellphones, GPS, Handhelds, Wireless
This rather clunky-looking Apple iPhone add-on brings real GPS to the soon-to-be-obsolete original iPhone.
Consisting a Holux M1000b GPS unit, a custom dock-connector cable and some software which requires a jailbroken iPhone to run.
Here’s a demo video below in which the GPS seems to work fine, updating your position on the iPhone’s built in Google Maps application every second or so:
What it also shows is that you’ll need a minimum of three hands to use it. Darn. I only have two… har har.
You can check out some screenshots over at the company’s blog that show the software turning the iPhone into a big compass, which would seem to be very useful if it, too, didn’t require the big cable and box hanging off the sleek slab.
$100.00 USD for the cable and the GPS unit, $16.00 USD for the cable alone. Good grief Charlie Brown! That seems a little high.
I say wait for the G3 iPhone. Thoughts?
I couldn’t agree with you more! The new iPhone will most likely sport GPS and 3g support so there is no reason to spend the $100 on this device. In addition, it takes away so much that makes the iPhone such a pretty device.