Thread: is there a fault with nokia n900 gps ?
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2010-08-31 , 20:37
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Originally Posted by ossipena View Post
it is all about battery. n900's unit is designed so that your device can use the gps longer than couple hours. some external gps units have approx half the battery capacity n900 has I'd quess so imagine giving 50% battery capacity away just to get better gps, would that be ok?
Given the title of this thread, I should have made it clear that I am not faulting the n900 GPS. The results of power management for the wifi and gps on the n900 are pretty amazing. But the limitations of the GPS are enough that it is worth it to me to use an external gps, whose battery lasts over 10 hours. The whole thing is pretty small, a little longer and thicker, but narrower than a compact flash card.

Originally Posted by ossipena View Post
just use the gsm for couple seconds, then n900 outperforms every single sirf III equipped unit when cold started 10 to nil.....
The very quick fix with a GSM data connection is amazing, exceeded only by how dramatically slower than a mid 1990's single receiver GPS the n900 is when there is no internet connection.
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