RoqyGPS Connects External Bluetooth GPS to Your iPhone, iPod

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Posted September 20, 2009 at 10:56am by iClarified · 37166 views

RoqyGPS is an application to connect external Bluetooth GPS antennas to your iPod Touch or iPhone.

Expected to available Cydia around September 28-30th, the application has successfully enabled the use of a bluetooth GPS antenna with MobileNavigator on the iPod touch.

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DONE. IT'S DONE. IT'S DONE. I've got at home the first iPod Touch working with a bluetooth GPS antenna AND Navigon! I've got at home the first iPod Touch working with a bluetooth GPS antenna AND Navigon! A world premiere! A world premiere! YAHOOOOOOOOOOO! YAHOOOOOOOOOOO! I'll post a video tomorrow on this website, showing it. Tomorrow I'll post a video on this website, showing it. And I'll keep the next week for personnal debug and tests. Keep ready guys, I'll post the first official release here and on Cydia between the 28th and the 30th of September !!!!!! And I'll keep the next week for personnal and debug tests. Keep ready guys, I'll post the first official release here and on Cydia Between the 28th and the 30th of September !!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS! GPS freedom for all!! GPS Freedom for all!
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UV - November 4, 2009 at 4:07am

Hi, just installed this on my iphone 3gs 3.1. tried switching the bluetooth stack & it always says, "error on startup, please try again". Also when i click about, it says "please switch on roqyBT to get the current version". Im trying to connect my 3gs to nokia gps dongle. Also is there any GPS signal quality difference between the iphone internal gps & ecternal gps receiver?

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Richard Burns - September 20, 2009 at 12:09pm

An iPhone yeah, but pointless on an iPod unless you have wifi around you

Dan - September 20, 2009 at 2:50pm

Why would you need WIFI if you have an application with full maps like WAZE, iGO, TOMTOM etc...

Richard Burns - September 20, 2009 at 2:52pm

Exactly, but if you don't!

chris - September 21, 2009 at 5:17am

What a idiot idea. you need an external GPS to get your iPhone or iPod to work as an GPS?!? Why don't you just use the GPS as a GPS and do something else with your iPod/iPhone? Music maybe? next up: connect your car stereo to your ipod over bluetooth and listen to the radio on your iPod... LOL

Lobato - September 21, 2009 at 10:22am

You don't need a full featured Car GPS for this. You could just use a much cheaper bluetooth gps receiver (with no screen). So, yeah, this IS really useful.

Funny Guy - September 24, 2009 at 2:52am

Umm, Chris. You need to think a bit before answering stupidly and calling ideas idiot. You make the iPod serve as great Navigator (tested Navigon and was very nice with NOT landscape view but portrait. I loved portrait view :). Well after you have Navigon in it, then you get FM transmitter to iPod and you can listen the music from your iPod with car speakers. And its very easy to plug off when you leave car and you can have the music again with you.. Who's the Idiot?

another Richard - October 15, 2009 at 8:06pm

okay, i'll just do this and wait for the correction/explanation if one is in order: Wifi has nothing to do with this! GPS is available to the iPhone via an internal GPS chip. Now, GPS is available to the iPod Touch via an external GPS chip. The connection between the Touch & the external chip, ultimately (however the chip is housed & whatever is involved in enabling the chip to interact), is achieved via Bluetooth.