E71x and external bluetooth GPS

Is there any way to have the E71x use an external bluetooth GPS. In the N95 you the option was built in, but I can not seem to find in on the E71x. The internal gps is slow to find itself and loses signal easily.

TomTom is the best application for use with an external GPS unit.
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