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What does the Location finder actually do?

Discussion in 'All Other Brands of Wireless Phones' started by DJ2, Dec 30, 2002.

  1. DJ2

    DJ2 New Member

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    I was just wonder what benefit I would get from turning on the Location finder? Does anyone find that this feature helps in reception?
     
    #1 DJ2, Dec 30, 2002
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    Nope. It wont have anything to do with reception.
     
    #2 TimeSaver, Dec 30, 2002
  3. DJ2

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    According to the manual, turning on will make "Some Sprint applications easier to use"

    Like What??
     
    #3 DJ2, Dec 30, 2002
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    Currently, Sprint is only using this for E911 (Emergency 911 locator)
     
    #4 CEGiven, Dec 30, 2002
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    Well its like a GPS system it can detect on sprints netwerk your location and provide u with faster service pending the area u are in suposidly. and like he said offer u better service.. but i think its a way sprint keeps an eye on u! ie. marketing perhaps and where people travel on the network.... i usually turn it off,lol ohwell!
     
    #5 irish, Dec 31, 2002
  6. Ronx

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    > Currently, Sprint is only using this for E911 (Emergency 911 locator)

    Which, by the way, will work even if the location finder is turned off.
     
    #6 Ronx, Dec 31, 2002
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    CEGiven Senior Member
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    True, true.

    I've read some of the developer posts and they're frustrated at Sprint's crawling pace at enabling GPS capabilities. It would be nice if Hollywood.com, for instance, only showed me (and automatically) the movies for the city from which I was calling. The same thing goes for weather. Most web sites are using cookies to track default settings, and really ambitious programmers can calculate your state using your IP address. Unfortunately, it's based on your ISP so with Sprint PCS Vision it shows Virginia while I'm actually in Tennesee/Georgia border geographically. [​IMG]
     
    #7 CEGiven, Dec 31, 2002
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