Am i missin somthin??

[jayjay]

i just put TomTom on my palm centro cell phone and everthing seems to work fine but it is telling me that there is no device detected, what does this mean???

 

[canderson]

i just put TomTom on my palm centro cell phone and everthing seems to work fine but it is telling me that there is no device detected, what does this mean???

This is a TOTAL guess on my part, but is it necessary to advise your Palm to either a) enable GPS and/or b) permit applications to use it? It does eat extra power, so it's likely that it must be enabled/disabled. If the TT application can't find the NMEA data from the chip via the Palm OS, it would be unable to detect the 'device'. In today's security conscious universe, it's also often the case that you can prohibit applications from gaining access to your location via the GPS data on a phone or PDA.

 

[jayjay]

you wouldnt know how to turn it on would ya?

 

[jayjay]

Do i need something other than my phone for this to work?

 

[canderson]

you wouldnt know how to turn it on would ya?

Ahem... don't own a Centro. That's why it's a guess. Did come with a manual, right? If not, you can download one here:

Palm Centro Manuals, Support and Troubleshooting - Cell Phones

As best I can tell on a typical many of the Centro devices don't have GPSr support to begin with apart from E911 calls, and require an external GPSr device with a Bluetooth connection to do nav. The basic model Centro manual makes NO mention of any GPSr capability at all. Could be why the application can't find a "device".

You might want to look at this:

Globalsat BT-368i Bluetooth GPS Receiver for Centro - Centro Depot