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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reviewed: Bad Elf GPS Dongle for iOS Reply with quote

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If you own an iPhone 2G, iPod Touch or an iPad Wi-Fi only then you'll already know that GPS is not available to you and you can't use any navigation applications. Unless you have this rather neat GPS dongle from US company Bad Elf.

I followed the early development of this product with keen interest back in the days before Apple had graced it's iPhone with an internal GPS receiver. It was clear way back then that the designers were keen to produce a quality product and whilst time has marched on, and iPhones do now have GPS, there is still a large target market for this solution.

We recently received a unit for review and have put it through its paces. If you're looking to add GPS to an iPod Touch or a non 3G iPad, click here to read more.
 

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:54 am    Post subject: Bad elf power Reply with quote

Daren good article, question tho......when attached to iPhone and on micro USB. Will bad elf power also charge the phone? Otherwise a 3G phone will most likely die in 3hrs anyway.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:20 am    Post subject: Re: Bad elf power Reply with quote

apw188 wrote:
Daren good article, question tho......when attached to iPhone and on micro USB. Will bad elf power also charge the phone? Otherwise a 3G phone will most likely die in 3hrs anyway.

Yes, ought to have made that clearer. The micro-USB on the Bad Elf will provide power and data connections to the phone. It acts exactly like the 30-way connector for power and data.

So, if plugged into a decent USB car charger, with the supplied micro-USB lead (or a micro-USB 12v charger) it will provide power to the iPhone.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:09 pm    Post subject: Bad Elf GPS Dongle Reply with quote

Hi,
Does this new device allow the download/installation of any of the sat nav apps which Apple always prevents when it recognizes you only have a WiFi device?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never come across one, got any examples?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Bad Elf GPS Dongle Reply with quote

sweetfield wrote:
Hi,
Does this new device allow the download/installation of any of the sat nav apps which Apple always prevents when it recognizes you only have a WiFi device?
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This isn't apple as such. this is the developers who, when submitting the app, say which devices it will run on. itunes and the phone itself honour this and won't install them.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Bad elf power Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
apw188 wrote:
Daren good article, question tho......when attached to iPhone and on micro USB. Will bad elf power also charge the phone? Otherwise a 3G phone will most likely die in 3hrs anyway.

Yes, ought to have made that clearer. The micro-USB on the Bad Elf will provide power and data connections to the phone. It acts exactly like the 30-way connector for power and data.

So, if plugged into a decent USB car charger, with the supplied micro-USB lead (or a micro-USB 12v charger) it will provide power to the iPhone.

I have been using the bad elf with my ipodtouch for about a month
It works fine.
I have a dual usb unit in my cig lighter socket (bought in the Dollar Tree) and it charges etc.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi all,

I'm resurrecting this thread due to recently getting my new iPad 3. Jumping With Joy

I bought the WiFi-only version due to the fact that I rarely use the 3G on my phone (mostly use it on WiFi at home) and didn't think it was worth getting it on the iPad, which is even less portable than the phone due to its size.

I wanted to use CamerAlert with it but didn't check beforehand about GPS and now realise that only the 3G/4G version has assisted GPS.

I have read the review of the Bad Elf iOS GPS dongle and it looks like what I need to be able to use CamerAlert on my iPad. My questions are as follows:

Arrow Is this still the recommended option or does anyone know of any other compatible GPS dongles out at the moment?

Arrow Does anyone have experience of using this with the iPad 3 and if so, how do you get on with it?

Arrow Where is the best place to buy it from? I have seen it on Amazon for £108.99 which I can't afford at the moment after the huge outlay for the iPad! Anyone know of anywhere cheaper or shall I just add it to my Wish List for now? Confused

Thanks in advance,

Laura.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Works well with iPad2, no reason it won't with the 3 as nothing has changed that could affect it.

It's still the simplest and most compatible solution I've found. Even works fine in a Brodit iPad cradle with pass thru connector.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try this link as it's only £89.95 and that includes postage.

http://proviationshop.co.uk/shop/article_BAD-ELF/Bad-Elf-GPS-(iPad-_-iPhone-_-iPod).html?sessid=tbW3xZMaAlGfRJqbiFBNk68oumVWIjmFDe3FtLMdOx0uqLlCYvLlekAncQzSQGLe&shop_param=cid%3D807%26aid%3DBAD-ELF%26
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Darren and Sean16v for your help - I think I'll be going for the Bad Elf iOS GPS dongle then. Smile

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