Nokia aims for faster GPS
Posted on Jul 19, 07 08:48 PM PDT
Nokia is currently on a mission to cut the time their GPS-enabled cellphones require to get its exact location in order to open up a window of opportunity for location-based online services. The service will begin with the N95 cutting its start-up time by one third to a minute, making it more suitable for use as three minutes is by far and large, too long for anyone to bother. This will also apply to future GPS-enabled handsets from Nokia that will certainly be friendly to pockets of those in the middle- and entry-level handset brackets.
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By Lassi , 20/07/07 2:14 AM (CommentID #249660)
peter:
the phone has an older sirf chip in it.. that's why it's slow.
the faster lock time with the new firmware for n95 is because the new firmware has that agps that uses internet.
By Edwin , 19/07/07 11:52 PM (CommentID #249598)
I suppose it is just like how it takes time for camera technology inside phones still lagging behind a dedicated digital camera...
By Peter Davis , 19/07/07 11:35 PM (CommentID #249594)
There exist GPS devices that download satellite ephemeris data over the internet, allowing them to lock on in just a few seconds. My offline Garmin takes only 20 seconds with a clear sky. So why is the phone still so slow, given that it's an internet-capable device?
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