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Re: Questions about GPS

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Originally Posted by yuan_you View Post
I've a few questions about Treo pro's GPS:
1) It's a "traditional" GPS getting data from satellites or it works with GSM towers ?
2) it's always on and consumes battery ? if yes, how can I turn it off. or it's off automatically when the navigation software is closed ?
3) How does QuickGPS work ? it retrieves what kind of information from Internet ? How it can know where I am if I'm at a location where there are no satellite signals ?

Thanks.

Yuan
1) Depending on the application -- It can be both.

2) It is not always on. Thanks to the .NET platform.

3) All GPS applications do is grab your coordinants according to the relative positions between multiple satellites. If you can't get a signal, well, you don't get a signal.