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Date:         Tue, 17 May 2005 21:26:09 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [syncro.org] GPS units
In-Reply-To:  <86476e2505051720484119a53c@mail.gmail.com>
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Mine has it. It's pretty much a joke. The GPS antenna is on the back
of the phone. The phone has to be set face down, the back pointed at
the clear sky, for approximately four minutes before it gets a signal
lock. And it has to be out of the case. And for all that you get a
latitude-longitude pair and nothing else. If they're trying to track
me with that phone, it's not working too well. Might just be there for
the 911 requirement, but it doesn't hardly work.


> BTW, does anyone have a newer cell phone that will display the GPS
> info?  It really seems stupid to have a GPS receiver in my hand but
> not be able to see a display of the data.
>
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