And it's not "AGPS vs. Sirf Star III". It's "TI chipset vs. <insert any other chipset here>". AGPS can (and should, if possible) be used with _any_ chipset.

The sentence makes no sense. AGPS is not 'old solution'. It's not even a crutch. The way the GPS system works there is _no way_ to get instant lock (particularly from cold start) without using assisted GPS. It's _always_ useful to have AGPS, or any system that does the same (=>pre-loading data that one would otherwise have to wait for).

$10 is in this context an enormous amount of money. Device producers are always trying to shave off a cent here, a cent there, if they can, because it all adds up to the bottom line. In any case, nobody in this thread will know the authoritative answer to the choices, there's just a good guess that the cost, plus the power (battery) requirements are both lower for the TI chipset. But we're not Nokia.

It's probably not much use to keep replying though.. so I won't bother after this one.