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GPS Enabler HGE-100 |
CaZpeR
Joined: Feb 23, 2004
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On 2007-11-02 16:36:21, kirki wrote:
Hopefully SE and Wayfinder will work out how to get everything playing nicely together. If anyone gets it to work, please post here.
I've been trying for some time now and the Wayfinder app does not work at all. I get the same result as you (this is HGE-100 with a K850i). I can give it a try with my T650i, but I think I will get the same result (as the apps are in Java).
Hopefully Nav4all or AmazeGPS will get HGE-100 support soon. |
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p!xarus
Joined: Oct 14, 2007
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From: Norway
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I read that it was compatible with k850 for a week ago at SE official website... It is pretty annoing that they switch meanings every day.. :S |
Tigerente
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
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On 2007-11-02 16:36:21, kirki wrote:
The regular wayfinder software certainly won't work because it only looks for bluetooth GPS devices. (I tried it). The version that is supposed to work with the HGE-100 can be downloaded here (via your phone): http://sehge100.getwf.com
Well, you can also download it straight from the browser:
http://ext-wf-dl.wayfinder.co[....]ava-jp7_240x320-sehge100-en.ja
http://ext-wf-dl.wayfinder.co[....]va-jp7_240x320-sehge100-en.jar
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Targett
Joined: Sep 27, 2005
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Would love to know how well this works and is it worth using it??? |
andrejba
Joined: Nov 08, 2007
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when I bought my HGE 3 weeks ago, there were 4 apps to download, next day only 3 and then only 2  , but earth gps is the same as mgmaps and navigator is the same as nav4all. but in the nav4all it works only 60s and then it lost gps signal. maybe someone can tell why.
for offline is very good trekbuddy.
[ This Message was edited by: andrejba on 2007-11-08 12:41 ] |
Dart5
Joined: Mar 03, 2005
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Can't use mine at the moment as K850 has been returned to be fixed. In the mean time if anyone knows of an app that runs with this and shows your location in OSGB format (for use with Ordnance Survey maps) rather than Lat/Lon I'd be very grateful for the info.
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phantom2
Joined: Nov 09, 2007
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The free applications (Tracker & GPS Location can also be downloaded from:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/f[....];phoneId=10864;contentItemId=0
Tracker and GPS Location seems to work well with HGE-100. |
targ
Joined: Jun 30, 2006
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I'm considering getting this for my K800i and K600i. Would this work in the US more specifically Florida? |
Tigerente
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
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I'm unable to add the apps to 'My content' to dl it later. When browsing via WAP on SE, These apps are nowhere to find. 
Anyone manged to dl them to PC or has the jad stored in the phone?
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kirki
Joined: Nov 02, 2007
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OK so I tried again on Monday 12th. When you plug the HGE-100 into a K850i there's a new version of the Wayfinder software to download that more or less works with the phone. It looks to me like Sony Ericsson and Wayfinder are still working out compatibility issues because there was some more software available for a bit that disappeared from the download site again.
Anyway, I have actually seen a map on my K850i, and I have even had it plan a route and know roughly where I am. It's still very buggy - the menu options leap about for no reason at all; a map will work sometimes and not at other times. The whole thing is slow, clunky, flaky, and imprecise.
Even when it's working, there are lots of irritating bugs. Using the 'pedestrian' setting still recommends that you to obey one-way traffic systems, and even though I have downloaded maps I'm not totally sure that the program isn't downloading an entire map of London every time I use it. The wait to get a map suggests that this might be the case, and I'm half-expecting a nasty bill this month as a result. It can take ages to calculate a route - longer in some tests than the route would take to walk.
On the whole I'd say that the HGE-100 doesn't get beyond being a stupid toy/expensive demo. The wired device is uncomfortable to wear. I personally don't like the headphones. The GPS seems to only really work when the HGE-100 is visibly pinned on the outside of your clothing, and I find this unacceptably un-cool - I'm a geek, not a nerd. You will often arrive at your destination before the software has worked out where you're starting from.
Essentially I'm saying that now that it's sort of working, I'm paradoxically more frustrated with the thing than when it wasn't working at all. I'll probably use it when I'm visiting friends at a new address, but it's going to spend a lot of time taunting me for my insatiable gadget-lust from inside a drawer for most of the time.
If you're reading this and considering getting an HGE-100 to use with your K850, I would strongly advise you against it.
[ This Message was edited by: kirki on 2007-11-14 08:10 ] |
defiantbeast
Joined: Jul 11, 2007
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From: Philadelphia USA
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Perhaps a silly question, but has anyone tried this with a simple java app like google maps? That would be enough for me. Although im still waiting for a fix so that it can work with the p1i and the rest of the smart phones. |
DaveIRL
Joined: Jan 16, 2004
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From: Cork
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Ok, so I got my GPS Enabler HGE-100 today. The device is cool and the sound quality from the speakers seems quite good. I used the tracker and GPS location applications without any problems. I only played a little with the wayfinder stuff because I think it is kind of useless to have to pay for a GPRS connection every time you use it. I would much rather download maps for it.
Anyway, I noticed when browsing the phone from my computer a folder in the "Other" directory called sports. The files in this seems to be the track information from the tracker software, what I would like to know if I can open this file on my PC. The whole reason I bought the GPS was to import this track information into Google maps or similar. or to upload info from Google Maps to the phone and then follow it.
Does anyone know if it possible to read these files from the phone, or if there is another software that will work with the phone. I have checked out Trekbuddy, navigem and GPSJ, which all seem to only work with bluetooth GPS's.
Hopfully someone has a solution to this problem otherwise I have just bought a turkey.
Cheers,
Dave. |
sranjanm2002
Joined: Jun 15, 2005
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From: Jaipur , Rajasthan , INDIA
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Yes HGE 100 can work with Google Maps. Kindly scroll down to this page to confirm it.
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_w890-review-201p7.php
Location Information PDF :-
http://www.sonyericsson.com/c[....]gsg_locationservice_r1a_en.pdf
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dmnchad
Joined: Jan 01, 2008
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hey i want to knopw when using the wayfinder app does it require gprs?
pls reply
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sranjanm2002
Joined: Jun 15, 2005
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Does Google Mobile Maps Identify HGE 100 GPS Enabler ?
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Posted: 2007-11-04 14:18
Cyber-shot
