Poor Man’s GPS On The iPhone? Yeah, It’s Called A-GPS
I’m not calling anyone out here, but I hate it when some technology that’s been around for a while is suddenly touted as a new thing in conjunction with the iPhone.
AppleInsider talks about Google’s new feature called My Location, which shows your location on Google Maps by calculating your position based on the mobile base unit you’re currently connected to. It’s a cool feature if GPS is not essential to you, and it could be used as a “poor man’s GPS” on the iPhone, but it’s not new. It’s called Assisted GPS and it’s already incorporated in some GSM phones, for example Nokia N95.
As far as My Location goes, it’s a clever implementation of the same principle. Check out the video presentation below:
December 1st, 2007 at 8:19 am
It seems quite unreliable. It works reasonably well where I live, locating me within 1km on the edge of a small town in England, but in many other locations including a major city centre, an outlying rural area and a motorway, it fails saying “your location is temporarily unavailable”. In several other towns, it can only locate within 5km, which isn’t really accurate enough. This is all on the British 3G network known as 3, so it could be an issue with that particular operator, but it’s not good.
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I followed this on several sites for about 6 months. I finally bought it on Amazon for about $266, the lowest it seemed to go even though it’s been on the market for a while. I did get a credit during a price drop, and shipping was free, so I am satisfied as far as cost.
Amazon has a feature comparison grid for its Garmin nuviis which I found very helpful and referred to it often during my 6 month process. What I decided I needed after mentally toying with the numerous options was a 4.3 screen and text-to-speech. I am totally satisfied with both. I cannot imagine looking at a smaller screen, nor trying to find a place for a larger screen. Voice directions are excellent. However, there is a hint of disparagement in the voice when it says, “Recalculating, recalculating” if I choose a route I am familiar with.
I have the most current maps of the US. However, I could not receive understandable directions near Greensboro, NC airport (it kept trying to send me in circles) nor in my own long established residential neighborhood. (It sent me 12 miles out of my way to get home; trying it my way a second time it continued to shout “recalculating” until I was almost in my driveway.) Chicago airport and suburbs, and Charlotte, NC - great directions.
There were no directions for using this. Now that I have purchased an AC adaptor so I can recharge at home, I will play with the menu choices. Maybe the lousy directions were because of a choice I made.
My nuvi came only with a car charger. I had to buy an AC adaptor, usb connector and carrying case.
The screen is very bright and viewable. I do not use a holder because it takes up too much space and from what I’ve read could be a thief magnet. I keep the nuvi plugged into the car charger and sit it on the seat next to me. There is no need to look at the screen while driving because the voice directions are so good and give so much warning for turns, etc. Sometimes the voice says “turn left/right” etc without a street name. On a multi-lane highway or road that splits off what that means is “Stay in the left lanes” or “bear right”, etc. Just pay attention for a little while for different types of roadways. It all makes sense and is a consistent usage of terms.
It can take several minutes to catch the satellites, no matter where I am. (It has never dropped the satellites once acquired.) Maybe that is because this is an older model? Other than that, I can see why this model has been around so long and the price is so darned stable.
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