CSR shows off eGPS, says it's superior to A-GPS
By Darren Murph 
posted Feb 10th 2008 5:58PM
posted Feb 10th 2008 5:58PM
There's not too many deets on this just yet, but apparently, UK's CSR is getting set to showcase a technology known as eGPS (enhanced Global Positioning System, if you couldn't guess) at Mobile World Congress 2008. According to the firm, it delivers a "universal positioning capability that will not only work reliably indoors and in zero GPS signal conditions, but greatly speed time to fix in poor GPS reception areas where most handsets are used." More specifically, it can "exploit data available from the cellular network to speed GPS fixes and provide complementary, fast, and reliable location sensing when GPS signals are weak or unavailable." Best of all, the firm is hoping to add eGPS capabilities to handsets for under $1 per unit, and it's also using the stage in Barcelona to trumpet a single-chip GPS receiver with embedded Bluetooth and FM radio. Unfortunately, mum's the word on when this stuff will actually find its way into mobiles.[Via NaviGadget]
Great - so looks like in a few months I will be able to navigate my exploration of Elephant Island's deepest caves with nothing but an eGPS smartphone after all!
Sounds good but its a no go for me if theres a subscription fee for the service. I'm not willing to pay for GPS service when my Nuvi does it for free.
Get something like google maps, mgmaps, or amaze gps. Unless you have verizon, then you have to pay.
I have Verizon, unfortunately/fortunately. Good coverage or locked down phones and nickel and diming. Its a hard choice sometimes.
Umm, how does it work with 0 GPS signal? Marketing BS ftl. Oh, I guess it's triangulating from cell towers.
So...you type your response as you're reading the story, then?
Oh no, I read the story, typed the response, then read it again to make sense of the story and noticed that bit. But at first glance it sounds a bit disingenuous.
It's trilateration damn it!
bill, classic trolling. don't take the bait.
Eh, not trying to troll. I just didn't understand at first. But I probably shouldn't have posted the comment anyway. This sounds interesting regardless.
Seems like every 3rd comment on Engadget is from someone who didn't actually READ THE ARTICLE before writing. Why is that such a pattern? Do people have that much trouble with reading comprehension? I pity my generation...
i'll believe it when i see it... the positioning applets available now from google are 'cool', but accuracy is pretty far-fetched. personally, i think they're smoking crack if they think they can get any sort of consistent accuracy out of the product.
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=O I'm loving this. Hope to see it implemented soon.
The chip is, however, the size of playstation 3.