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Old 06-15-2008, 07:51 PM   #16 (permalink)
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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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