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Re: Cellphone GPS chips are indequate for in-car navigation
Posted by Tim (more from Tim) on Sat, 4 Jun 2011 05:54:07
In Reply to: Cellphone GPS chips are indequate for in-car navigation, dmz789qqq, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:49:40
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3 out of the 5 dedicated GPS receivers had the Star III chipset. The Droid2 GPS performance is every bit as good, if not better. The initial lock delay, which is the most frustrating part of using a GPS, is helped in the smart phone in two ways:
1. The GPS antenna can be left on all the time, hence no initial lock delay at all.
2. The cell network triangulation helps narrowing down the search zone, the GPS location calculation is helped by that initial proximation, as if the GPS receiver were "warm" to begin with even if the GPS antenna had not been left on all the time.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Recommendations for GPS unit, MI-Roger
, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:52:38- Very happy with my Tom Tom, Used 2 be Chaz, Mon, 6 Jun 2011 09:16:59
- Garmin 3700 series is very nice, ryan
, Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:28:03 - Phone, Tim, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:10:27
- Another phone advantage..., Craig, Mon, 6 Jun 2011 09:12:27
- Early user of MapInfo?, MI-Roger
, Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:35:40 - Cellphone GPS chips are indequate for in-car navigation, dmz789qqq, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:49:40
- Re: Phone, JimBlake
, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:02:48- Re: Phone, Bill Homer
, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:17:19
- Re: OT: Recommendations for GPS unit, Son of Saab, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:50:04
- Magellan, Brian in MA, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:47:52
- We've got both Garmin and TomTom units., Joeychess, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:09:58
- Re: OT: Recommendations for GPS unit, kkelley, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:06:52
- Garmin, Noel, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:00:30
- Re: OT: Recommendations for GPS unit, Mike B., Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:53:37
- garmin n/m, jimmy, Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:50:23
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