Official 800w GPS discussion

[pgh1969pa]

Originally Posted by JackG058

Google maps works great for me too on the Treo 800w. I enter pizza, locate by GPS, and I get all the local pizzerias. Doesn't get much better than that. My nephew said his Mogul won't search via GPS, so he is a bit envious.

I like the Sprint Navigation myself. I have found it to be very accurate in the K.C. area.

Your nephew is either using an old ROM or doesn't known what he is doing. My Mogul will do *anything* in Google Maps that my Treo 800w will do. The Mogul can be placed in standalone mode so it is actually a better GPS device than the 800w. The Mogul GPS is more reliable (always works without needing to be hard/soft reset) and more compatible with other navigation packages too.

[DavidIQ]

Originally Posted by pgh1969pa

The Mogul GPS is more reliable (always works without needing to be hard/soft reset) and more compatible with other navigation packages too.

I've never had to reset my phone to use the GPS features at all and I've used them quite often. And I don't see how the GPS for the Mogul is any more compatible with say iGuidance than the GPS for the 800w would be...

[hippity.hoppity]

Originally Posted by pgh1969pa

Your nephew is either using an old ROM or doesn't known what he is doing. My Mogul will do *anything* in Google Maps that my Treo 800w will do. The Mogul can be placed in standalone mode so it is actually a better GPS device than the 800w. The Mogul GPS is more reliable (always works without needing to be hard/soft reset) and more compatible with other navigation packages too.

100% correct. The GPS on the Mogul works in assisted or standalone mode and works every time. The GPS on the 800w can't touch that.

[DavidIQ]

Originally Posted by hippity.hoppity

100% correct. The GPS on the Mogul works in assisted or standalone mode and works every time. The GPS on the 800w can't touch that.

Again...I don't see how there's ANY facts behind these claims. They're just blank statements. Back it up with data and/or facts.

[Big D5]

there are many 800w verses Mogle threads arround please find one to make your comparisons in so we can keep this thread on topic

[DavidIQ]

Alright alright... I'll keep it on the 800w.

Me actually HAVING the phone and using the GPS instead of having some other phone, the fact is that I've never had to soft/hard reset my phone after using the GPS, an issue that I've heard the Touch Pro and some Moguls, both by HTC, have experienced. Sprint Navigation works flawlessly and so does iGuidance and Google Maps, and the GPS lock is pretty fast, even indoors. The ONLY gripe I have with it, and it's not even about the GPS itself because that works great, it's about the location search today plug-in. Results aren't sorted by distance which seems a bit strange. Other than that I'm very pleased to have a portable GPS right in my pocket

[rdm]

Originally Posted by DavidIQ

Again...I don't see how there's ANY facts behind these claims. They're just blank statements. Back it up with data and/or facts.

Perhaps you don't have a Treo 800W? I went from a Mogul to 800W. The Mogul GPS works everywhere and the 800W GPS won't. I called Palm about this. The 800W Standalone GPS was disabled for some reason just prior to release. It isn't disabled on some of the 800Ws, but all of them. They fixed this on the newer Treo Pro, but it still is busted on the 800W.

So these are not "claims." The GPS problem is acknowledged with the 800W. There are multiple complaint threads on the Palm's own support fourms. The GPS is blocked from working if you are not in range of a Sprint land tower. It maybe trivial to some users. But people who purchased it for the standalone GPS, for example people who live in rural areas or travel outside the country, are screwed at this point.

I hope this clarifies matters. This is why the Mogul GPS works better, it is actually aGPS and true standalone GPS.

[rdm]

Originally Posted by pgh1969pa

Your nephew is either using an old ROM or doesn't known what he is doing. My Mogul will do *anything* in Google Maps that my Treo 800w will do. The Mogul can be placed in standalone mode so it is actually a better GPS device than the 800w. The Mogul GPS is more reliable (always works without needing to be hard/soft reset) and more compatible with other navigation packages too.

Agreed.

[DavidIQ]

Originally Posted by rdm

Perhaps you don't have a Treo 800W? I went from a Mogul to 800W. The Mogul GPS works everywhere and the 800W GPS won't. I called Palm about this. The 800W Standalone GPS was disabled for some reason just prior to release. It isn't disabled on some of the 800Ws, but all of them. They fixed this on the newer Treo Pro, but it still is busted on the 800W.

So these are not "claims." The GPS problem is acknowledged with the 800W. There are multiple complaint threads on the Palm's own support fourms. The GPS is blocked from working if you are not in range of a Sprint land tower. It maybe trivial to some users. But people who purchased it for the standalone GPS, for example people who live in rural areas or travel outside the country, are screwed at this point.

I hope this clarifies matters. This is why the Mogul GPS works better, it is actually aGPS and true standalone GPS.

Thank you! That's what I wanted to know And yes I have a Treo 800w...but since I always have signal I haven't run into this problem.

[Big D5]

Originally Posted by rdm

Perhaps you don't have a Treo 800W? I went from a Mogul to 800W. The Mogul GPS works everywhere and the 800W GPS won't. I called Palm about this. The 800W Standalone GPS was disabled for some reason just prior to release. It isn't disabled on some of the 800Ws, but all of them. They fixed this on the newer Treo Pro, but it still is busted on the 800W.

So these are not "claims." The GPS problem is acknowledged with the 800W. There are multiple complaint threads on the Palm's own support fourms. The GPS is blocked from working if you are not in range of a Sprint land tower. It maybe trivial to some users. But people who purchased it for the standalone GPS, for example people who live in rural areas or travel outside the country, are screwed at this point.

I hope this clarifies matters. This is why the Mogul GPS works better, it is actually aGPS and true standalone GPS.

I just want to throw in some personal experience here. I travel a lot, I can tell you with out a doubt that Sprint navigation needs a tower signal to track your location this is true it wont work at all with out it, but live search works much better on my 800w. I drove from Fort Stockton Texas to Fort Worth Texas last week there are some stretches of highway 18 that have no Sprint signal but my GPS continued to track my location, the map was completely blank because the maps couldn't update but the GPS was still tracking. If what you say is true please explain how this is happening. This is not the first time I have experienced this, could you link me to where you are getting your information I would like a read.