HTC Trinity's GPS receiver lies dormant
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Oct 2nd 2006 at 11:49PM
Just when we thought HTC couldn't physically stuff any more receivers into their Trinity, here we find out that the HSDPA Pocket PC has GPS guts crammed in there, too. The catch? They're turned off for the time being. From what we can gather from Google's oft-comical translation services, HTC discovered very late in the game that the GPS subsystem didn't play nice with Qualcomm's GSM chipset; rather than hold the release, they decided to disable the nav functionality for the time being and press on with the launch. Worry not, early adopters; a software update is promised for early next year that'll iron everything out, making the Trinity a solid alternative to its GPS-enabled (but 3G-impaired) Artemis sibling.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mag @ Oct 3rd 2006 5:54AM
That thing really sounds irresistible!!
manni @ Oct 3rd 2006 7:34AM
I don't know.. if this thing has got GPS why should HTC heve kept quiet about it until now? At least their press release should tell us about it, don't you think?
eight @ Oct 3rd 2006 8:39AM
I wonder whether they'll enable it before the Nokia N95 hits the market?
Vegas @ Oct 3rd 2006 9:14AM
Wait a minute...they expect me to buy something that is partially working...and wait for a software update that may or may not ever show up...oh no they didn't!
Shon @ Oct 3rd 2006 1:21PM
i think its a smart move. get it out to market, then make your already happy users happier down the line when their GPS works.. at least for the early adopters. looks like a freakin' sweet phone.
David Cox @ Oct 3rd 2006 3:41PM
Now I'm even more excited for this one!
I just hope the lack of a keypad isn't a deal-killer for me. I'm kind of partial to those.
Farooq @ Oct 3rd 2006 8:02PM
I was turned off by this phone as soon as they changed the design from that rectangle one to the one they have now. I think i'm going to wait for the Samsung SGH-i600 for my next phone. Not a big fan of GPS anyway
Brian C @ Oct 22nd 2006 5:16AM
I wish HTC would have the GPS built into the TyTN too.
Alex @ Oct 24th 2006 10:17AM
Someone should just crack this thing open & check for the GPS SIRF chip. If it has GPS, I'd rather buy this than the P3300/Artemis.
I've emailed HTC and asked to confirm the GPS in this model, let's see if they reply.
k0something @ Oct 30th 2006 5:16PM
For sure it has GPS. That's why it has the external antenna hookup, right? What?
mo. khan @ Jan 13th 2007 1:19AM
I have the HTC P3600, and if you go googling a little bit you will find pics of people cracking the unit open and it has a GPS chip as well as FM radio hardware. In the HTC P3600 version in France called the "Orange" the gps will be activated. The reason they left it off was due to it having complications with the Qualcomm chip.