I'm not sure what protocol the iphone uses, but none of my bluetooth receivers work with it, though they work with android and they also worked with my symbian phones. This makes me believe that Apple is doing something nonstandard. For some reason, my galaxy s 3 running cyanogen 11 can never get a GPS fix with the built in receiver, not sure why, but it works great with the bluetooth receivers. Also, the nexus 4 gets a fix, but nearby explorer never reports an accuracy below 40 feet. With the bluetooth receivers, it reports around 9 or 10 feet which is probably as good as a receiver will get. On phones such as my galaxy s 4, I can also get an accuracy report of the same distance.
Original message:
Those MTK receivers are still in use and quite good. There are a couple receivers using both GPS and GNSS. They work with the iPhone but not as easily with the notetakers.
The built-in GPS in the smartphones are decent if not as sensitive as thes most recent external models, which also sample at ten times a second.
Mike
-----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:54 AM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] bluetooth receivers
Hey everyone. Wondering what the status of bluetooth receivers are these days. I have a few from a couple years ago, the iblue receiver, the qstarz, and the holux 1000. All of these use mtk chip sets, and you can get around 10 feet accuracy with those. How are the chip sets these days. Are there really even a lot of bluetooth receivers around anymore, with the built in receivers that are provided on cell phones, I would think there is not as much demand for those, but you never know.
To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm
Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7860 - Release Date: 07/15/14 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7860 - Release Date: 07/15/14
To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm
Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.