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Originally Posted by pwm View Post
Note that a lot of sites just uses your IP number to get a rough guestimate of location. This does not work well with mobile units using ppp, since the IP number your unit gets doesn't have a strong relation to the physical location of the phone.

When I do access the net from home, my IP number can be traced to the city I'm in because the IP number belongs to an ISP in that city.
You are correct,,I just tried using this app by staying on Wifi rather than 3G data connection,it is working with a defined lat long.

So according to you there is no possible way to get a fixed location being on 3G data connection.