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2009-10-03 , 21:18
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Originally Posted by les_garten View Post
That's why I thought it was Kewl in the manual that said it would use the Nokia server if no other A-GPS was available. I don't know how it can pull that off, but it's interesting nonetheless.
I'm pretty sure you have to have data access to use AGPS with the N900. If the phone is unable to access the Nokia assist server, it can do the calculations on board, but is obviously slower. Pretty hairy math going on in GPS.