We've been working on a web application using Gears to capture GPS data on work orders, and haven't had any trouble with the devices we've tried it on until today; a new Samsung i970 (Windows Mobile 6.1)
It didn't return a value to our app, so I went to the Geolocation demo. It's failed 99% percent of the time (one success, but unfortunately not repeatable). Gears is installed properly, and asks permission to use location services on the website. However, the call errors out (after some time) either with a 'failed to get fix' or 'failed to connect to GPS' message. We tried changing COM settings on the GPS, but nothing helped. 'Getting location' remains until the device goes to sleep, or the error condition is returned. We've tried downloading the Google Maps application onto the device, and it quickly got a fix and seems to have no trouble finding satellites, so this failure on Gears is very confusing. Same issue occurs in both Opera beta and Internet Explorer mobile. Are there any thoughts on anything else we can try? It appears that Gears is working, that the GPS is working, and the browser is working, but just not together....
