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Originally Posted by Boke View Post
@darius2, you seem to have a problem understanding what A-GPS is.
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I can assure you I don't have any problem
and I am fully aware how does A1GPS and A2GPS works and developed such solution for LBS some time ago.

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A-GPS is a way, using network capabilities of your phone (or wifi) to have a clue of where you are, and then give this info to a GPS chip to get the fix quicker.
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There are at least 3 AGPS solutions.
One in no-gps iPhone (Skyhook) - network database based pseudo GPS

Second is A2GPS for devices with slow processor, slow gps chip

and Third is A3GPS for Sirf III like gps chip based devices.

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As both in N810 and new 3G iPhone we discuss A2GPS

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Both N810 and iPhone have a GPS chip, and they both could give you your position without A-GPS. A-GPS only comes there as a support.
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exactly
support to non-Sirf III gps chip like quality


The N810 has a Texas Instrument chip, which is not so good to get its first fix but is good for other things(battery life, keeping the fix,...). To make the first fix quicker, Nokia introduced, as software, A-GPS. It improved the TTFF for most of us. Same goes for the iPhone.
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Exactly.
A2GPS solution.

So what about A3GPS ?
keep network assistance alive and offer Sirf III gps chip alike quality ?

I expect, lately announced release of new iPhone is exactly
A3GPS solution (network assistance + Sirf III like navigation quality).

I still remember poor gps quality in Motorola A1000, called aGPS (developed 5-6 years ago)
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Now, as your question is: why didn't they put the best GPS chip (aka SirfIII) in the N810 and iPhone?
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Not best.
Sirf III gps quality is market standard nowadays.
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it's like asking "why didn't they put a Ferrari engine in my VolksWagen?"
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Nope.


And asking, us or Nokia about that is as pointless as asking VolksWagen. They made the choice they thought was the best.
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Nope.
Such choice could be ok 5 years ago not today
with market full of $100 Sirf III gps based car navigations.


darius