[pct-l] Smart phones

[Paul Robison]

thanks for clearing this up !

as i tried to preface what i'd heard was not from experience.  it is good to 
knwo these new smartphones have dedicated GPS recievers.  makes them much more 
viable than the old LG phones




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From: Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>
To: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Pct-l at backcountry.net" <Pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 7:23:45 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Smart phones


On my app run keeper I can get gown to 5m of my location u can put in airplane 
mode and your phone wont work but gps will.
Gerry
On Jan 17, 2011 2:16 PM, "Paul Robison" <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is wonderful news... I actually declined to buy a droid because the 
>salesman said it was like the nv2, that without cell there is no sat. Fix
> 
> So the droid gps chipset is completely independent of he cell service? 
> 
> How accurate is it?
> ... I kinda wish I knew this last may : (
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> 
> On 2011-01-17, at 4:36 PM, Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Not saying u are wrong.  But my droid x does not get its gps fix from cell 
>>towers when I run my app run keeper pro it tells me how many gps satellites are 
>>visable from my location and on alot of my hikes I don't have cell service yet 
>>its tracking my progress and speed and it will show me my location on a map...  
>>check your sources.
>> 
>> On Jan 17, 2011 1:23 PM, "Paul Robison" <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote: