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Re: It seems Sprint Touch does not support GPS, :(

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Originally Posted by Aleki View Post
edit: i was reading, the gpsOne GPS module can be very inaccurate by itself(more than 100m). does anyone know if tower triangulation would cost money thru the provider, or is it typically a free service?
I've found the GPSOne chip to be fairly accurate with a decent fix (4+ satellites - which I can almost always get). Not as accurate as my standalone Bluetooth unit (MTK chipset), but usually within about 10m at most. I've tested this in flight mode, so no cell tower triangulation was involved.