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Originally Posted by masraum View Post
2. Most of the new smart phones will use gps to provide their location, and if gps isn't available (your phone can't "hear" the satellites) then your phone will use triangulation of all of the cell towers that it can "see"
I know that. That's how the maps feature works. I get a site about a mile away when pulling the signal off the 3G. When I switch to the wireless, it shows my street. So is the wireless giving off the location or does it work some other way?
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