N79 Active and external GPS?

Discussion for Sports Tracker

16-04-2009 08:44

I'm just wondering if you could use an external GPS device (e.g. LD-4W) and the Polar HR belt at the same time?

I know that Bluetooth could handle more than one connection but does it work iin this combination? What about the battery consumption then?

I'm asking beacuse I received a LD-4W and it is a huge improvement compared with the built-in GPS of my N95 8GB (using it for NST and GeoCaching now). And I do hope Nokia/Polar will release the HR belt for other devices, too ;-)

Cheers, Mario
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Comments

Submitted by mbrett on 16-04-2009 08:53.

RE; Battery consumption the use of an external GPS bluetooth moduile should result in reduced battery comnsuption when compared to useing the phone's internal GPS chipset.

Please see the linked thread
http://betalabs.nokia.com/forum/topic/1386

With regards to the use of two bluetooth devices simultaneously with NST djh.sthlm will be able to advise on this as soon as his prize arrives from the NST team.

mbrett
N95 8Gb (Product Code: 0558787 (UK)) FW 31.0.018

Submitted by djh.sthlm on 16-04-2009 11:04.

The short answer is yes.

The Bluetooth radio spectrum permits up to seven (7) simultaneous connected appliances with your Nokia devices. The usefulness of this potential is only limited to how many concurrently running applications your phone can handle.

Power consumption doesn't change whether you have one or multiple Bluetooth connections, only that it's on or off. Rather, it's the aggregate processor load of active applications which affects battery life.

OT- Regarding delivery of my N79 Active Edition prize mbrett mentioned above. it's been a month now with no word on an ETA. I was advised to be quietly patient. Grrrr! :-/

-David

Current setup: e61 unbranded product code 0529654 Euro-B1 Silver. Firmware: 3.0633.09.04. Theme: Ovi blue. Service provider: 3 Sweden. Peripherals: Bluemax ext BT GPS module

Submitted by mbrett on 16-04-2009 11:08.

Maybe they'll deliver it for next season.

You didn't want it this year did you? ;-)

mbrett
N95 8Gb (Product Code: 0558787 (UK)) FW 31.0.018

Submitted by djh.sthlm on 16-04-2009 11:29.

OT- sorry...

Delivery is handled by a third party company called Luxus. They said they have to wait for factory delivery of the product before they can distribute the prizes. Fine, but both companies are in the same vicinity and mail takes a day from Helsinki to Stockholm, so...

My worry is that I'll have to wait for a new production round, which might take a while to never. The N79 Active Editions already in distribution are for Norwegian, Finnish and S.African markets only.

-David

Current setup: e61 unbranded product code 0529654 Euro-B1 Silver. Firmware: 3.0633.09.04. Theme: Ovi blue. Service provider: 3 Sweden. Peripherals: Bluemax ext BT GPS module

Submitted by upD8R on 16-04-2009 17:57.

Thanks to mbrett and djh.sthlm!

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Submitted by djh.sthlm on 27-04-2009 11:08.

I'll discuss this further at another time but I have to report that the GPS performance of the N79 Active Edition is equal to or better than using an external GPS module.

Initial tests had me using the inbuilt GPS chipset with no other support (A-GPS, network location, etc)

Good, fast satellite locks over the 32 channel spectrum. Less spikes, too, than obeserved previously with my E61 and ext BT GPS.

More later.

-David

N79 Active Edition. Scandinavian variant, custom FW version 11.049.251.2 RM-348