@Anthony: It's A-GPS, which IS true GPS. Basically, it uses cell phone triangulation in order to get an approximate area, then uses the real GPS chip to narrow it down to an exact location. This greatly reduces the time it takes for a GPS to get a satellite lock. The A stands for Assisted.
In the case of the iPhone, they don't even use the word GPS at all.
The phone has 256MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, which do the job reasonably well, though the Anna interface will likely leave something to be desired for many smartphone users.
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@Anthony:
It's A-GPS, which IS true GPS. Basically, it uses cell phone triangulation in order to get an approximate area, then uses the real GPS chip to narrow it down to an exact location. This greatly reduces the time it takes for a GPS to get a satellite lock. The A stands for Assisted.
In the case of the iPhone, they don't even use the word GPS at all.