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Renate · 09-03-2021, 08:30 AM

I've always thought that GPS on an Eink device would make a handy hiking map.

I actually retrofitted a B&N Glow3 with an internal GPS module, but the signal capture was so miserable it was hardly worth it.

I have a Poke3 now which has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 which has the GPS/GNSS receiver built in, but I don't think it has an antenna and the software doesn't seem to acknowledge that GPS exists.

I thought that the Xiaomi InkPalm 5 (smart phone format) was pretty cute, but I don't know if that has GPS either.

To be really useful the device should have a magnetometer for orientation.

Does anybody know of any GPS enabled devices?

09-03-2021, 08:30 AM	#1
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,999 Karma: 18026955 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	GPS on Eink device? I've always thought that GPS on an Eink device would make a handy hiking map. I actually retrofitted a B&N Glow3 with an internal GPS module, but the signal capture was so miserable it was hardly worth it. I have a Poke3 now which has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 which has the GPS/GNSS receiver built in, but I don't think it has an antenna and the software doesn't seem to acknowledge that GPS exists. I thought that the Xiaomi InkPalm 5 (smart phone format) was pretty cute, but I don't know if that has GPS either. To be really useful the device should have a magnetometer for orientation. Does anybody know of any GPS enabled devices?