You have no idea what A-GPS is do you? It IS real GPS(with satellites and everything!, you nutter) it just has Wi-Fi and cell triangulation to help speed up location acquisition. THe cell and Wi-FI are fast for finding your general area doing all the heavy lifting for the real GPS which then pinpoints your location. Thus why the typical iPhone can get a feed on your location in around 10 seconds vs 60 with the typical cold start GPS unit.
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You have no idea what A-GPS is do you? It IS real GPS(with satellites and everything!, you nutter) it just has Wi-Fi and cell triangulation to help speed up location acquisition. THe cell and Wi-FI are fast for finding your general area doing all the heavy lifting for the real GPS which then pinpoints your location. Thus why the typical iPhone can get a feed on your location in around 10 seconds vs 60 with the typical cold start GPS unit.