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#32
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout
I think these are just boilerplate legalese that have little or no relation to the actual device or its software.
Implies DRM?
Implies sponsored contract with custom firmware?
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#33
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Don't take that stuff as implying anything. It's standard Nokia boilerplate stuff.
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2009-10-01
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Originally Posted by zerojay
Are you an authority on this?
That's fine. The manual's just wrong then.
I'm not being snarky....really....I just want to know if the manual is simply mis-worded.
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2009-10-01
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Originally Posted by Hogwash
Manuals are often written way ahead of the actual product. That's why almost every product on the market has errata on their website afterwards. The manual was probably written in Finland by non-native speakers so there's plenty of Finnglish and weird syntax and stuff like that on top of it, so it's very possible that it was misworded.
Are you an authority on this?
I'm not being snarky....really....I just want to know if the manual is simply mis-worded.
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"What second stage are you talking about?"
OK, it may not be formally called "second stage", but logically there must be a multi-step process here:
1) Acquire GPS location
2) Attempt to refine (1) with GPRS 'triangulation' algorithm
3) Send location to server to obtain textual geotag labels.
Why this can't be done with a WLAN connection is odd. OK, so you don't have the (2) GPRS-refined location, but you could still be in the right ballpark.
OK, it may not be formally called "second stage", but logically there must be a multi-step process here:
1) Acquire GPS location
2) Attempt to refine (1) with GPRS 'triangulation' algorithm
3) Send location to server to obtain textual geotag labels.
Why this can't be done with a WLAN connection is odd. OK, so you don't have the (2) GPRS-refined location, but you could still be in the right ballpark.
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2009-10-01
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why would the gps need to be refined by the gprs? the gps should be more exact right?
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#38
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The manual has lots of typos. A bit disappointing.
I hope it isn't the final version.
I hope it isn't the final version.
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Originally Posted by Hogwash
GPRS triangulation or whatever they do is FAR less accurate than GPS. I haven't seen anything about 3 yet.
"What second stage are you talking about?"
OK, it may not be formally called "second stage", but logically there must be a multi-step process here:
1) Acquire GPS location
2) Attempt to refine (1) with GPRS 'triangulation' algorithm
3) Send location to server to obtain textual geotag labels.
Why this can't be done with a WLAN connection is odd. OK, so you don't have the (2) GPRS-refined location, but you could still be in the right ballpark.
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2009-10-01
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#40
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Originally Posted by bobthebuilder
This device uses Maemo 5 software on Linux.
This sentence gave me shivers. I know its nothing new, since the 770, n800, n810, Google Android etc all run on linux, but to see it in writing in a manual, on a device as open as the n900 by a major company like Nokia bodes well for the future of Linux and Open Source Software.
Originally Posted by sarahn
What? That's not a phone running Linux.
see mi
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/series_can.do;HHOJSID=JCsQKGTRYMh6qkt5YmlWNXXq3p4C JJXvlGrnBw7ChGBgrwyvlw0q!2107447680?storeName=comp uter_store&landing=notebooks&a1=Category&v1=Mini&j umpid=in_R329_prodexp/hhoslp/psg/notebooks/Mini
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Maybe he refers to Skyhook Wireless API. If that database is online instead of offline. But I'm not sure such is used.
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