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#7
Originally Posted by timsamoff View Post
I experienced this as I was driving to work. I was holding the IT in front of me, up against the steering wheel, with my left hand holding the left side of the IT. I got almost all the way to work and my IT had only found three satellites. Then, I repositioned my hand so that none of my fingers were covering the upper-left of the IT and... BAM! I got all six fixes within five seconds.
Tim
ProTip: Don't hold your internet tablet on your steering wheel while driving, a windshield mount is only 20ish bucks and that is a small price to pay compared to accidentally killing someone because you are too busy fiddling with your gadgets.