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Little program makes a GPS Bluetooth receiver out of HP iPAQ hw6515 phone January 18, 2006 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. HP iPAQ hw6515 (a Pocket PC phone with built-in GPS receiver) has very slow processor, outdated operating system and very low resolution display (240x240), so now one can use it at least as (a bit overpriced and over-sized) Bluetooth GPS receiver... GPS Redirect is an application for HP IPAQ 6515 that lets you use the GPS built into the IPAQ from an external device over bluetooth. This is useful if you want to run a PC based GPS application on your Notebook PC and use the 6515 as a Bluetooth GPS device. The application is written in VB and uses Microsoft .NET Compact framework v2.0 . You need to install the Compact framework You can keep the app always running in the background. When it detects that the Bluetooth port is opened, it will start the GPS and start sending data. When the Bluetooth port is closed, it stops the GPS (i.e. battery is not wasted when GPS is not being used by the PC). A caveat here is that is you stop Bluetooth on the device, the app will terminate. THis is due to a acknowledged design flaw by Microsoft which prevents me from handling the exception and prevent termination. You can of course immediately restart the app. To learn more or to download this free application, click here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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