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ebrunn · 06-15-2008, 07:51 PM

The iPhone uses A-GPS. It first uses cell towers and wifi to get a rough area of where you are first while GPS gets info from the satellites for a true fix. It is both faster and more accurate than regular gps.

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ebrunn Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 757 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The iPhone uses A-GPS. It first uses cell towers and wifi to get a rough area of where you are first while GPS gets info from the satellites for a true fix. It is both faster and more accurate than regular gps. __________________ Trust the Keyboard