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Whilst PocketPC and Palm users have a wide choice of high quality commercial navigation software suites, the Zaurus isn't quite so well catered for and there's no neat all-in-one package.
Whilst PocketPC and Palm users have a wide choice of high quality commercial navigation software suites, the Zaurus isn't quite so well catered for and there's no neat all-in-one package.
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However, it might be of interest to know that TomTom use Linux in some of their highly successful standalone GPS "appliances" such as the GO 300, 500 & 700. There are efforts to see if the TomTom software can be made to run on the Zaurus, but it's likely to work on so far because TomTom protect their valuable intellectual property (mapping and navigation) with encryption, and also optimise it for their hardware (e.g. writing directly to the frame buffer, needed certain bluetooth functions to be available).
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However, it might be of interest to know that TomTom use Linux in some of their highly successful standalone GPS "appliances" such as the GO 300, 500 & 700.
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In September 2006 tomtom navigator was made to run successfully on the Zaurus, OZ, with kernel 2.6, albeit with broken sound driver.
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I hope the community will step in and help finish this page...
 
- Paul
- Paul

Revision as of 22:01, 14 November 2006

'Global Positioning by Satellite on the Zaurus'

Whilst PocketPC and Palm users have a wide choice of high quality commercial navigation software suites, the Zaurus isn't quite so well catered for and there's no neat all-in-one package.

However, it might be of interest to know that TomTom use Linux in some of their highly successful standalone GPS "appliances" such as the GO 300, 500 & 700.

In September 2006 tomtom navigator was made to run successfully on the Zaurus, OZ, with kernel 2.6, albeit with broken sound driver.

- Paul

GPS and the Zaurus

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