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2008-02-01 , 00:21
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Originally Posted by mullf View Post
Texrat, will the new tablet fix the GPS problems? If it requires cold-start time for each fix, even when your last one was only an hour ago, then I can't justify buying it. If I buy it, I need it to replace both my 770 AND my stand-alone GPS receiver, which does hot- and warm-starts just fine (as is the industry standard). If the new tablet has a properly-working GPS and WiMAX, I am all over it!
Moreover, the current standard for cold fixes is 30 seconds (MTK, Sirf chips). I really hope the next Nokia tablet will dump the piece-of-you-know-what Texas Instruments GPS chip.

Better yet, give us offline AGPS. With offline AGPS, you download a 50k file once every 10 days, and get all fixes in about 5 seconds. Now, wouldn't that be sweet?
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2008-02-01 , 14:46
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#62
Originally Posted by lad View Post
I still think that the PIM market will be getting more crowded and competitive and the new Nokia will have to stand out in price/features somehow. The N810, esp. compared to the N800, suffers for this.
When we release a PIM, we'll take that into consideration.
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2008-02-04 , 11:19
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#63
They offer wimax in QUE?
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2008-02-04 , 11:39
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Originally Posted by ag2 View Post
Moreover, the current standard for cold fixes is 30 seconds (MTK, Sirf chips). I really hope the next Nokia tablet will dump the piece-of-you-know-what Texas Instruments GPS chip.
Kind of off topic for this thread but ...

It seems that the problem is not the hardware after all. The problem was a buggy gpsd (or buggy function feeding gpsd the date) that was giving the wrong date by exactly a day ... which cases the gps to cold start every single time. Jussi Kukkonen found the problem and made a fixed deb available here:

http://vilunki.wordpress.com/2008/02...-gps-problems/

(Isn't it great to have the source code available?)

I downloaded it an installed it (must be in Red Pill mode ... just the plain gpsd ... not the gpsd-dev or gpsd-dbg) and it didn't kill my N810 but I won't get a chance to test it until my drive home.
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2008-02-04 , 16:08
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Originally Posted by mwiktowy View Post
I won't get a chance to test it until my drive home.
The improvement was quite dramatic on the warm start. It still had to cold start (~4 minutes while moving) the first time but the time was reduced quite a bit even after a reboot while still moving (~1 minute while moving). When stopping and starting the maps apps while stationary, the GPS reacquired a position very quickly (~15 seconds).
 
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2008-02-04 , 16:38
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#66
N820
N900
N910
N830

I'm guessing it's one of the above.
 
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2008-02-04 , 20:27
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Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
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2008-02-04 , 20:32
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#68
RX-48 . . . what can we take from that?

I want to say it'll be similar to the N810, but my instincts tell me we don't have enough data on the model codes to be sure.

How's Nokia on trailing letters? Maybe an N810w or N810i?
 
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2008-02-04 , 20:36
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Nope.
While I'm still rooting for "Netsucker", I suspect Nokia will choose something more understated. Perhaps this is a trailing lowercase letter situation. So, Nokia N810i or the like.

EDIT: Ah, nuts. The General beat me to it.
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2008-02-04 , 20:39
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I can neither confirm nor deny the general's prescience. His speed, however, is obvious.
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