On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Ken Young <<a href="mailto:rtm@cfa.harvard.edu">rtm@cfa.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
thomasg wrote:<br>
<br>
> This all are no arguments.<br>
> With my TomTom device I can do a full reset so that no GPS data is<br>
> available<br>
> at all (also no time and so on) and still get a fix in < 3 minutes at<br>
> 100 km/h.<br>
> Well, I know the freerunner is no specialized gps navigation device, but<br>
> the<br>
> fact that the signals are so weak that it's barely possible to get a fix<br>
> under optimal condition (clear view to the sky, antenna on top, without<br>
> moving 1 mm) shows, that this is no simple software problem and has to<br>
> be fixed.<br>
<br>
The GPS performance of my Freerunner is also much worse than<br>
the GPS performance of my neo1973. I've done side-by-side tests of the<br>
two units many times. My neo1973 gets a good fix in 2 to 3 minutes<br>
after a completely cold start; it's very reliable. My Freerunner<br>
initially was getting a fix after 7 or 8 minutes. For the last few<br>
days it has not been able to get a fix at all.<br>
<br>
Ken Young</blockquote><div><br>I can confirm that, too.<br>The 1973 gets a cold start fix in less than 2 minutes. <br></div></div><br>