How to take advantage of A-GPS on your cell phone
Jan 28th
It normally take more than one minute to acquire your current coordinates (longitude, longitude and altitude sometimes) from the satellites when you have a cold start, even in the open air. But if you have A-GPS in your cell phone, this may only take some twenty seconds, depending on your mobile internet speed. If you [...]
How to speed up satellites acquisition on your cell phone
Jan 6th
You have to wait a few minutes for your GPS cell phone to acquire the coordinates of your current location when you get a cold start. However, you can always speed up satellites acquisition on your cell phone by using A-GPS. There are two options for A-GPS: – Always download satellites data from the A-GPS [...]
Differences between GPS and A-GPS
Oct 22nd
Since Smartphone starts to get popularized, many cell phone manufacturers integrates GPS chip into Smartphone. But a lot of users are still not sure what A-GPS is and its differences from GPS. While most GPS enabled cell phones support A-GPS, some phones which have A-GPS capabilities do not own built-in GPS chip. So it’s important [...]
