I just tried the SHR preview: http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-testing/images/neo1973/
and I have to say that Wifi and TangoGPS appear to work really well. All you have to do is run TangoGPS and the GPS subsystem will automatically turn on. I think GPS is supposed to turn off once you exit any application that makes use of that service. Suspend/resume seems to work reliably. Joerg Lippmann wrote: > Hi! > > I'm going on holiday in two weeks and I intend to use my freerunner only as > GPS-device without GSM-card there. I'd like to use tangoGPS and download > loads > of maps from google and OSM beforehand. The question is: which distribution > would be the best? My wishes for fast access and best battery usage: > > - good power management > - reliable suspend > - waking up only on button pressed, not on touching screen > - easy and fast turning on and off of GPS receiver (for browsing the maps > indoors without reception) > - fast start of TangoGPS (not like in FDOM!) > - good control over extra phone services like wlan or bluetooth > - finger-control > - phone function is absolutely irrelevant! > > wlan would be nice, but is not crucial. > > Also: As far as I see, there seems to be no function in tangoGPS that shows > you the direction (as the crow flies) to a selected waypoint, right? Is there > an application which can do that? So that I can easily set a point and find > my > way back later, just like in my old Garmin eTrex? > > Any hints are appreciated! _______________________________________________ support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
