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Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Android Phone Tops iPhone and other Mobile Device GPS News

Conumer Reports ranks Android phones above iPhone when it comes to GPS navigation. Why? Android come with Google's turn by turn directions; on the iPhone an app must be downloaded. The report also notes that navigation apps from the big GPS players (TomTom, Navigon, etc.) are quite good.

- ABC News

The Asus Transformer Prime is not doing well in the GPS deparment Early adopters report that the device has trouble locking on ot satellites and that the tablet doesn't seem to be nearly as quick or accurate to get a lock as other Android devices. The company indirectly acknowledged the issue by removing "GPS" from the Transformer Prime specifications page at its US website.

- The Verge

by Adena Schutzberg on 01/04 at 05:40 AM | Comments | Bookmark and Share

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