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Originally Posted by TC1
As previously discussed in other threads, it isn't going to work. Sprint has locked down the aGPS API (which is what this app needs) on WM6 phones.
Also, Google ripped off the idea for this app from the author of mGMAPS, which is an awesome real-time GPS app that works off of the aGPS API... I was able to unlock my wife's Sprint LG Fusic and run it on there. Free GPS and location based services!
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I was under the distinct impression that this is
cellular triangulation, which is very different than aGPS (it is far less accurate).
This is the same issue with Windows Live Search and Sprint: triangulation, not aGPS.
It works, evidently, on a Treo 750 with WM6. Some are suggesting that Google is "rolling it out" per device and since it's still beta, our devices have not been implemented yet. Have to wait and see.
Although from the Cnet article;
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The new feature will be available on most smart phones, including the BlackBerry, new Nokia Symbian devices, many Windows Mobile devices (except the Motorola Q, Samsung Blackjack, and Palm Treo 700W).
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