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Re: gps software

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From: zero
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:00
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"james" <r.jmarshall@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in 
news:1136760535.525547.259410@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> i have an ipaq hw 6515 with a built in gps and phone i would like to
> know how hard it would be to write some software so that if i dialed
> the pda fom my home pc  the gps would tell me where it is turning the
> pda into a tracking device. i know that i would need two bits of
> software one on the pda and one on my home pc.
> if anyone could tell how hard it would be, what language it would have
> to be in or if there is any out there that could do it.
> 

I have no experience with mobile devices, but I think Java could do this - 
if your device has a JRE.  Microsoft's Mobile Internet Toolkit could be an 
alternative, but then I think you'd need the .NET framework.

Try asking in comp.lang.java.programmer or 
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.mobile

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