Thursday, January 10, 2008

GPS Configuration Utility for Smartphones

Up until now, Microsoft hasn't provided a means to use the the GPS Intermediate Driver on Windows Mobile Smartphones.  The utility has been included in most recent Pocket PCs, but for reasons unknown, a version hasn't been published for Smartphones.

Therefore, even though Pocket Stars SP was designed with the ability to use GPS input for setting the current user location, the capability hasn't really been usable without manual registry hacking.

The latest Mobile 6 Standard SDK now includes the necessary configuration utility, but I don't know if it is included with  any shipping devices.  But it sounds like you can download and install it on any device with a built-in GPS.  Download from here.

I don't currently have a Smartphone with a built-in GPS, so please let me know if install this utility and then use Pocket Stars SP correctly acquires the GPS location.

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