3G handsets from KDDI uses both satellite and base stations to quickly calculate
accurate location. So it will work even without connection to KDDI
basestations, but with less accuracy. However, I don't think it will
work at all without contract.
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:13:20 +0900
"Shannon Jacobs" <shanen@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm curious if anyone has details on how this works? I was using KDDI for a
> while, and they gave me a GPS-capable phone, which I kept when I canceled
> the service, but the GPS doesn't work now. I'm curious if that's really a
> fake (non-satellite) GPS based on the locations of their transceivers.
>
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