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N900's GPS versus Other Phones/Tablets
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Descalzo
2011-07-27 , 16:02
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My Droid (The Original(TM)) has excellent GPS. It seems to get a good lock quickly even if I have data turned off (which I always do). The main thing that puts the N900's GPS over the Droid's is the offline map storage. If the Droid had that, I would prefer it.
Also, interestingly, newer homes in my county are on OVI maps but not on Google maps. These homes and streets are about 4 years old. In some cases Google doesn't have the street drawn in, and in other cases Google has the street drawn in, but not named.
The worst phone GPS I've ever seen is on my wife's iPhone 3G. I have never gotten it to under 100m radius. I looked it up on the Internet, and everybody says it has a-GPS and now I'm becoming convinced that it's tower only. 100m GPS accuracy? Might as well put a red x on a blank screen and say, "You are here."
Sorry. I've been bottling up that particular rant for a little while. My wife just doesn't appreciate GPS accuracy, so ranting to her just isn't the same.
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