Motorola’s latest iDEN phone i876 has finally got FCC’s approval and can be spotted on its listing pages now. The clamshell i876 device is claimed to be an “international phone” featuring the stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), out-and-out music control keys, integrated GPS, 1.3 MP cameras, and the microSD memory card slot. Besides, the latest Motorola i876 also boasts of being consisted with the push-to-talk feature, facilitating walkie-talkie like usage. The Motorola i876 is likely to hit the streets in the Q4 of 2007. The iDEN phone i876 has grabbed our attention by virtue of its glaring features, but; the amount of things which can be done with the GPS is limited. So, let’s learn how much the manual details about making use of the GPS: Use GPS with map software: Connect your phone to your laptop (or other device) with a serial data cable and set your phone to transmit data. Open the connector cover. With the phone’s display facing up, insert the serial data cable’s connector into the accessory connector, until you hear a click. Insert the data plug into the COM port of your laptop or other device. Make sure no other application is using the COM port selected.Set the COM port settings of your laptop or other device as follows: (1) Flow control: Hardware (2) Bits per second: 4800 (3) Parity: None (4) Data bits: 8 (5) Stop bits: 1 To set your phone to send location information to your laptop or other device: Press M > Tools > GPS > Interface > set NMEA OUT to On.
