RoqyGPS Connects External Bluetooth GPS to Your iPhone, iPod

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Posted September 20, 2009 at 10:56am by Shalom Levytam

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?

t11chb - 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...

t11chb - September 20, 2009 at 2:52pm

Exactly, but if you don't!

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.

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.