Assisted GPS new standard for Nokia
Added on 2007-07-20 11:58:00
by Mark Brezinski
 Nokia evidently plans to incorporate Assisted GPS support into all future devices with GPS functionality. This will let you to find navigation options faster and also allow emergency services to locate you quicker. Currently Nokia has two phones equipped with this new standard: N95 owners will find this service in the latest firmware update, while the 6110 Navigator has A-GPS built in.
"Nokia," you must be asking, "why is A-GPS so much better than GPS?" While, Nokia can't hear you talking at your monitor, but we will try our best to explain. Normally GPS information is relayed from a satellite to a receiver at around 50bps. After the long download, the receiver has to calculate location. Basically, A-GPS is is a normal GPS receiver attached to a reference network and a super fast processor. The reference network provides data that would otherwise have to be downloaded and the processor allows much faster calculations.
We tip our collective hat to Nokia for embracing this technology. Most companies still haven't embraced plain 'ol GPS support yet.
[via Phonemag]
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