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Originally Posted by brandogg
The ipod touch does *NOT* have a GPS chip in it. It uses WiFi and your IP address for triangulation. GPS receivers do not work well indoors, period, unless you have an antenna outside. The unit needs to make contact with the satellites orbiting earth - that's very hard to do inside a building, because your roof is essentially hiding the unit. GPS is pretty much useless inside a house anyway, unless you can't figure out where you are...
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Wow, I had no idea. So if I take it on the road and there is no wifi it wont pick me up??? That sucks. As far as my being upset about it not working inside, the only reason that bugs me is because when I see another phone that does pick up inside within seconds (like my brother's storm sitting right next to mine), you know that it has a better gps chip. And the better the chip, the better results you will have in other outdoor places. That is why we see so many posts on here about people in certain areas not getting any gps lock. Like I said though, Ive gotten better results lately with the help of gpsgate and quickgps (that Adrynalyn has in his 2.0 rom)