GPS Performance?
 

How is the GPS? does it lag 50 to 75 yards behind where you really are like the Pro, or is it spot on?

Re: GPS Performance?
 

very accurate, maybe a yard off lol and very quick to lock on to satellites. overall I was impressed, specially after the crappy GPS in the TP.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

Ive found the PRE's gps to be far better than my Touch....but I guess that isnt saying much.

I do get a lock-on now at work though, in the building, which I never did before. Oh and to give detail, I work in a telecom office....so we have high signal equipment running all over this place.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

That is good news. My upgrade comes up in September, so there will be more bugs ironed out by then. This phone is looking good.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

my gps says I'm a block over any fix ?

Re: GPS Performance?
 

get a better signal.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

GPS o the Pre works excellent...super quick locks, sprint nav looks amazing and actually keeps up with you

Re: GPS Performance?
 

works great and gives an exact location for me.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

My Pre keeps up with the stock navi in my car.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

The best part is that the Pre gets a signal from the towers, WIFI, ANNND GPS..

I am getting an exact location in less than 5 seconds on google maps inside a bunker/server room.

This blows the hell of any WM phone I've used. I'm glad I made the switch. Now that they have took the lid off all the developer-mode stuff, I am getting really excited. I've never seen a phone launch so hard before. It's been DAYS and we have nearly two-dozen USEFUL third-party applications, and the built-in stuff is amazing.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

Make sure your gps is turned on so you aren't only pulling from the cell towers. Usually it will be off if your are using only agps.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

The location settings are a bit confusing. I leave mine on at all times, but I don't think that means it's ACTIVELY using GPS when it's enabled.

I should probably try some tests, by disabling location, and opening google maps to see if it can lock.

If not, then there's really no way to NOT use GPS, and pull signal from towers--they both come together. A-GPS pulls instant, then GPS fine-tunes... the way A-GPS is supposed to work, but WM could never get quite right--at least not on Sprint, and I heard it was worse on AT&T.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

No problems and at all. And I love the way "tweed" will give my location. I didnt have any lag on my TP at all either. I set it dso it would give me my next turn miles before I needed it,.

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I haven't used Tweed much, but I am glad the the photos get GPS-tagged as well... even if you are inside a building... it gets the coordinates from towers and WIFI, or last-known GPS. This thing has a LOT going for it. I just wish a few other aspects were ironed out, but overall I'm very happy.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

GPS is amazing on this tiny device.

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Friday afternoon I decided to use the Sprint Navigation to locate an address and drive to it. It worked just as well as it did on my Treo but when I got about 2 miles from my house it kept saying that the GPS signal was weak. Actually completely lost the signal and would not connect back up even after closing and reopening Navigation. Not until I reset the device did it start working again.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

Weird, I haven't had that happen yet.

Re: GPS Performance?
 

That's happened to me as well. Thankfully I was testing it at home and not driving :-\ Hope it's not a common occurance. Still love the phone though.