I'm new in this thing. The Garmin Mobile XT in my mobile is accurate At least for now and for simple routes..lol loving it. It's pretty fast and accurate from a moving car (speedometer also is near accurate from the calculation)..cos seems we can't disable the A-GPS function...signal s strong - 4 healty bar all the time...for those who want to test the GPS locking capability - keep it away from laptop and any electronical devices..
Yes you can override the backlight off function..go to tools ->settings->display , set backlight override to always on....to make all totally handsfree.
My N78 locks very fast from startup even from inside house/room or a moving car - 3 to 5 bars....I don't think a dedicated GPSr can do any better than this.
How many secs tracklog in Garmin Mobile XT? it never stats in sec.
u are really really lucky man to get that phone >.<
QUOTE(stimix @ Nov 26 2008, 12:48 PM)
Yeap..u are one of luckiest one around ..BTW, how fast the acquisition of signal doesn't mean the chipset is good. I still remember having a GloballocateAGPS chipset in my old HP6515 & the acquisition of satelite is much faster than my current Asus P535 PDA (SirfIII chipset). and I can tell u the quality of tracklogs using sirfIII is much better than globallocate AGPS chipset!!
On my current N78 I was actually dissapointed wth the tracklogs quality via Garmin MXT as it's dun hv 1 second recording & thus, tracklogs not so perfect wth big gaps in between..in order to get perfect tracklogs, u really hv to walk & jog rather than drive!! However since I found another tacking software (Racechrono) ...getting the perfect 1 second tracklogs, & this very slow chipset actually performed equally good compare wth SIrfIII
Am I that lucky? cos of freak change I got a better handset? So gotta take care of it really well.
5-6 seconds to lock under overcast/raining sky.
14 seconds from room - the the only windows facing the kitchen not outside
Tried my N78 on a real field t4esting at penang using malfreemaps on Garmin MXT..
The scariest part was when entering someone's house number and street name, it managed to lead me virtually to her doorstep thru nook and cranny of penang street.- 15km away from penang to butterworth
Only few houses off accuracy.
And yeah my N78 needs only few seconds to lock with satellites from a moving car.
Nov 24 2008, 10:30 AM
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Later at home take video. 4-5 green healthy bar.
..BTW, how fast the acquisition of signal doesn't mean the chipset is good. I still remember having a GloballocateAGPS chipset in my old HP6515 & the acquisition of satelite is much faster than my current Asus P535 PDA (SirfIII chipset). and I can tell u the quality of tracklogs using sirfIII is much better than globallocate AGPS chipset!! 
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