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Old 05-05-2012, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by shane.mcneil View Post
I thought A-GPS was a true GPS? I read the Wikipedia link and it sounds like just normal GPS supplemented by wifi and 3G data to increase the initial location time.
That is true. Most phones (including top models as Samsung Galaxy S2 and iPhone 4S) have such a poor GPS that they only fix with A-GPS in a decent time (< 1 minute).
But the iPad has no GPS at all.
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