On 10/13/07, Shawn Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/07, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're very happy with the u-blox/Atmel ATR0635 GPS Receiver, and thus > > have made the decision to use this chip. > > That sounds like good news. It's not open-source but sounds like it > should be easier to interface with. > > However, FIC still needs to get us the gllin binaries for our GTA01's! > I hope this isn't being forgotten just because you chose a new chip. > It was advertised as a GPS phone and that was probably a big factor > for many of us to purchase it. Personally I was looking forward very > much to having this working, and the last update I remember seeing was > a couple months ago when Sean said the license would all be worked out > in "a few more days"! What's up with that? How many hundreds of > phones are sitting around with idle GPS chips, hampering the > development because of this licensing red tape! It's ridiculous that > it has taken this long. >
Absolutely agrree. GPS was one of my main points for buying the phone. I dont really care about the source for the driver as long as I can get the co-ordinates. -- Pranav > If the chip co. wants to charge a small fee I'd even pay it. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- ------------------------------ http://pd.dnsalias.org _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community