Comment by rjsw

21 hours ago

Have you looked at the specs for the upcoming PineTime Pro [1]?

[1] https://pine64.org/2026/03/28/pinetime_march_2026/

I'm very excited about this. GPS was the final piece of the puzzle.

I love(d) my bangle.js. Such a true hacker device. Really fun to use WebUSB and push JavaScript files as apps.

But the GPS on that device was a mess, honestly. I know this is a complicated problem but having to synchronize to satellites and recalibrate all the time was beyond me.

I really wanted it to work because I built my own toy run tracker visualization tool.

I am curious about this new lilygo device because it sounds like it has an alternative location sensor: "A u-blox MIA-M10Q GNSS module provides accurate location tracking..."

I'll need to look that up. Anyone have a summary on what's the difference between that and regular GPS?

Oh nice, didn't realize they were doing a second one. Loved the original but I took mine rock climbing and cracked it :(