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Originally Posted by TiagoTiago View Post
I read that Nokia uses 2 antennas instead of one in their phones to help not loose signal when the user is holding the device; would it be possible to read the signal strength and/or quality from each antenna separatly to calculate an approximate direction to the cell tower?
The Sprint CDMA cellular modems in the Amazon Kindle can get the latitude and longitude of the tower from the tower. Don't know if GSM has a similar feature.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92306
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