Last December, we talked about a company (gomite) which designed a GPS module for the iPhone called LocoGPS. The same society have now designed a wireless module to do the same job and is expected to hit the market as soon as Summer 2008. additionally called LocoGPS.

Since the bluetooth on iPhone is reserved for only wireless headset they actually used WiFi to transmit details amidst the GPS receiver and iPhone. To form

that possible the GPS receiver integrates a processor, Wi-Fi antenna, and even a microSD card slot to store the maps. The navigation software itself will plus be accesssed via the WiFi GPS receiver using a web interface. The navigation software used and customized for LocoGPS is iGO 8.

This WiFi powered LocoGPS should be available as soon as June and should cost about 120 € with navigation software included… (more…)

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