| JDa™© 2007-07-18, 10:33 pm |
| Tinman wrote:
> "Bill Marriott" wrote:
>
>
> Yep, same with my 650. Weird that--at least in my tests--the family locator
> service seems to be about as accurate as my dedicated GPS. Granted I haven't
> done much testing other than while stationary, but I recently did a test
> within my house. After I turned off street-lock on my GPS it showed its
> location roughly on the property line with my neighbor, if not over in the
> neighbor's yard (hard to tell with just a map). With family locator I could
> see each of my Sprint phones and they appeared almost exactly where they
> were positioned inside the house, including mine which was sitting right
> next to the GPS.
>
> Moreover, with family locator my Treo 650 doesn't seem any less accurate
> than the Katanas that are also on my plan. Yet TeleNav supports the
> standalone Katanas but not the Treo. Seems odd since if I had to buy a
> separate GPS for my Treo I would probably buy some sort of onboard mapping
> software that didn't require cell service to work.
>
>
>
The GPS in my current Nextel i870, is suppose to be accurate to 5 meters,
when outside. And that checks out with what Google Earth shows as my home
location.
It takes a few minutes to read the sat info, but its kind of neat being able
to see where you are located with out having to purchase a expensive GPS
locater. And for what I use it for 5 meters is fine by me.
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