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MoDaCo CamerAware scores 95% in first independent review October 24, 2006 [Pocket PC] | By Edward J. R. While designed mainly to avoid speed cameras in UK, this application is usable also in other countries than UK (databases of speed cameras for other countries are also available) and if you have a Pocket PC device with GPS, it offers also some additional features like tracking... The Windows Mobile 5 operating system has the ability to distribute GPS data to a number of applications simultaneously, using the GPS Intermediary Driver. The options for this are set in the Control Panel/GPS applet, though unfortunately a number of device manufacturers disable the control panel by default. For those Pocket PC devices which don't have the GPS Control Panel, there are registry modifications to enable it. The situation with WM5 Smartphones is more complex- the GPSID kernel is present, but there is no GPS Control Panel available, rendering the system virtually useless. There are specifically written routines which software developers can use to access the Smartphone GPSID, but it would require all developers to use the same configuration criteria to work in practice. Until WM5 for the Pocket PC, all GPS devices and software needed to communicate through a specific COM port. Once an application had opened the port, other applications would be locked out of it, meaning you could only run one GPS program at once. Using the GPSID, CamerAware can run at the same time as other GPS programs, so for example it is possible to have TomTom Navigator open and running at the same time as CamerAware To read the review 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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