GPS Enabled
Your handset’s GPS Enabled feature uses information from Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites orbiting the Earth to determine the approximate geographical location of your handset, expressed as latitude and longitude. The availability and accuracy of this location information (and the amount of time that it takes to calculate it) will vary depending on the environment in which you are using the GPS feature. For example, GPS location fixes are often difficult to obtain indoors, in covered locations, between high buildings, or in other situations where you have not established a clear broad view of the sky. SEE: “IMPORTANT: Things to Keep in Mind” on page 75.
You can also use the GPS feature to view your approximate location. Location information appears on the handset’s display.
Java applications loaded on your handset can also request your location. If your handset is connected to a laptop computer or similar device, software running on that device can request your location. To protect your privacy, you can control whether these requests are granted.
IMPORTANT: Things to Keep in Mind
If you are using the GPS feature of your handset while driving, please give full attention to driving and to the road.
Where adequate signals from multiple satellites are not available (usually because your GPS antenna cannot establish a view of a wide area of open sky), the GPS feature of your handset WILL
NOT WORK. Such situations include but are not limited to:
•In underground locations
•Inside of buildings, trains, or other covered vehicles
•Under any other metal or concrete roof or structure
•Between tall buildings or under dense
•Near a powerful radio or television tower
•When your GPS antenna is covered (for example, by your hand or other object) or facing the ground
•In temperature extremes outside the operating limits of your handset
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