reading that again, I don't understand why they say in one place it will be working on the newer phone, yet at the end they say it is compatible with the 700wx. Curious.
although there is that rumor about the Treo 700wx getting a WM6 upgrade - perhaps it'll include the API to make this thing work http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/15/treo-700wx-to-get-windows-mobile-6-0-upgrade/ On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:23 AM, ppsn168 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the question remains.... > > Given the last line of your message... > " The service is in beta and is currently compatible with the Treo > 750, 500v > and 700wx models." > > Why does it not work on my Treo 700wx????? > > Might there be a Mobile Windows Update that I don't know about? > > --- In [email protected], "L . . ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Wasn't this the issue where Palm released a patch to allow this to > work on a > > Centro but had no plans on doing the same on other Treos? we were > discussing > > it a half a year ago: > > > > > > http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8094/palm-to-support-google-maps-my-location-after-all/ > > > > As a followup to our previous article on Google Maps My Location > feature not > > coming to Palm OS, we have new information from Palm. Palm says that > they > > have in fact responded to Google's request to make the "My Location" > feature > > available on quote "newer Palm phones." > > > > A representative for Palm developer relations says that an API for > > determining cell tower IDs has always been on Palm devices, however > it was > > private. Palm says they are now working to make the API public, which > > requires a change to the ROM, so My Location will be available on > newer Palm > > OS phones. Palm would only commit to say that a update will be made > > available for the Palm Centro at some point and the API features > would be > > included on Palm OS phones in the future. > > > > Google's recently announced My Location feature is a GPS SatNav like > service > > for Google Maps Mobile that functions without a GPS receiver. It > works by > > triangulating your position based on the feedback from nearby cell > towers > > that you are connected to. According to Google the current crop of > Palm OS > > devices are not compatible as they do not offer the API they need to > access > > the ID number of the cell tower. > > > > The service is in beta and is currently compatible with the Treo > 750, 500v > > and 700wx models. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Steven Wright - "A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
