Sprint and HTC to give Sprint Mogul owners a late Christmas present - GPS and EV-DO Rev. A

Have any of you Sprint Mogul owners out there wished for GPS and EVDO Rev. A in your HTC-sourced handset? You know, the features that your Sprint Mogul handset already has built into it, but were disabled for some crazy reason? Well, it looks like Sprint and HTC are working on a new ROM update that will enable the GPS and EVDO Rev. A hardware that’s been waiting patiently inside your Sprint Mogul, hoping to one day see some action.

That recent ROM update that HTC released for the Sprint Mogul had apparently caused more problems than it fixed. Actually, Sprint’s recommending that anyone experiencing ROM-update troubles should downgrade to the previous ROM version - not exactly an elegant solution, but it should hold you over until a fix is issued by month’s end. And, to make it up to Sprint Mogul owners, Sprint has promised to break the GPS and EVDO Rev. A radios out of their shells and give them a chance to stretch their legs. Actually, it’s HTC that’s cooking up the GPS and Rev. A-enabling WinMo6 ROM, but who cares where it’s coming from as long as it gets here (or there, whatever).

Look for the new WinMo ROM from HTC in early Q1 2008 - just in time to be late for Christmas.

Here’s the verbiage from Sprint:

Additionally, HTC is currently developing a separate ROM update which enables the EV-DO Rev. A and GPS capabilities that are already built into the Mogul hardware.  Sprint and HTC plan to make this software ROM available in early 1Q 2008. We would also like to extend our thanks to those customers that have taken the time to identify and report these issues to us.

We’re not to broken up over the Sprint Mogul’s lack of GPS and EVDO Rev. A (our AT&T Tilt keeps us plenty happy), but we’re sure all you Sprint Mogul owners out there are jumping for joy right about…now. Go ahead, jump away, no one can see you. Stay tuned, we’ll let you know the second that new ROM is made available.

[Via: WMExperts]