Thread: N900 mapping and navigation comparison request
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#21
Originally Posted by pagesix1536 View Post
It REQUIRES a data connection?
No.

Originally Posted by pagesix1536 View Post
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.
So does the N900, but having a data connection helps getting a lock far quicker. This is A-GPS.
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