Google Earth + Sony Ericsson Z750i + bbTracker = Homebrew GPS Goodness!

A few days ago, I wrote about how I got hooked to the Sony Ericsson Z750i because of its GPS capability. I experimented with it a bit more today and I was really impressed at how it can be integrated with Google Earth and plot my travels/commute.

I did this integration using a 3rd party Java application called bbTracker. bbTracker is a small application that plots a course logged from the Z750i. Pretty useless in itself because it only displays some lines and coordinates on the phone's screen. But bbTracker has a feature that exports the plotted course to a file (either .KML or .GPX format) and that's where the fun begins. With the use of Google Earth, a user can import the file from bbTracker and see where he has been on Google Earth!Just this morning, I walked to my brother's house and used bbTracker. The .KML file I got from it was pretty accurate and I had a kick looking at the path I walked on Google Earth!

Oh, and did I say that this is my new obsession?

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The Garmin nuviphone

Gizmodo

A GPS-centric, iPhone-like phone is set to be released on the 3rd quarter of 2008 and its called the Garmin nuviphone.

All I can say is...

ME WANTS ONE!

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Uh oh, New Addiction... (GPS)

Yesterday, I bought a new cellphone for my wife, a Platinum Silver Sony Ericsson Z750i. It is a beautiful phone but it has a little "gem" hidden within it -- it is GPS-enabled. I tested out its GPS ccapabilities while driving home and I must say that I'm really impressed at how this phone was a able to triangulate my general location. It even has the capability to correlate my location and plot it through its built-in Google Maps application!

I will be giving turning over this phone to Mrs. Talkintech later today with so much hesitation... I think this little taste of GPS goodness has started a new interest such that I'm starting to shop around for a GPS device of my own.