Thread: N900 mapping and navigation comparison request
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2009-11-25 , 02:57
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Originally Posted by pagesix1536 View Post
It REQUIRES a data connection? What kind of GPS is this? I have an 8 year old Garmin GPS that is not a phone and has no data connection and it works just fine as a GPS. And it gets a satellite lock typically before I can back the car out of the driveway.
Typically, the first time your car has to get a SAT lock, it takes a long time. But my car NAV system, like many others I suppose, keeps track of where it last was. So, it knows which satellites to scan for.

Hand held NAV units are the same way. But jump on a plane and travel a long distance while they are powered off, and you will find they also take an annoyingly long time to get a lock.