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Factors Affecting GPS Position Locking Speed

Are you cursing the phone just because the speed of getting a GPS position is horrendously slow? There are few reasons behind it and these very few reasons also affecting other GPS devices as well. So let's not take it out on that phone of yours. If you don't mind, you can give it to me :) First time usage When the phone is fresh out the box, it may take 15-20 minutes for your phone to get its first ever GPS fix, longer in extreme cases. The speed of the GPS signal lock can be improve by using Assisted GPS. City areas with high rise buildings If the phone is in a city with many tall buildings, they may interrupt the signals from the GPS satellites and make it harder to obtain and maintain a lock. This can also be improve by using Assisted GPS. Weather Adverse weather conditions, particularly heavy cloud, can affect the strength of the GPS signals getting through from the satellites. Receiver location in the phone The receiver antenna is located at the upper left side of the ph

GPS Positioning Methods Explained

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Have you ever wonder what are all the different types of GPS positioning methods that are available in the Nokia 5800 XM means? This settings can be located at: Apps > Location > Positioning > Positioning Methods Integrated GPS Phone's built in GPS receiver. GPS satellites continuously transmit their location relative to the Earth, and your phone's GPS receiver can calculate its own position if it knows the position of at least three satellites. Bluetooth GPS If you do not have integrated GPS or you wish to have GPS reception, you can connect your phone to an external GPS receiver device using Bluetooth link. Assisted GPS (A-GPS) Assisted GPS is used to retrieve assistance data over a packet data connection (GPRS/3G/3.5G/4G), which assists in calculating the coordinates of your current location when your phone is receiving GPS signals from satellites. The phone will receives useful satellites information from an assistance data server. With the help of that assis

Original Nokia 5800 XM & Navigation Edition Themes

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Nokia 5800 Xpress Music originally comes in three different types of color schemes for it's casing and themes. If you have bought one of them and wondering how does the other two color themes look like in your phone, you can download them here. Addition to that, Nokia at one point release a "Navigation Eition" of the 5800. The theme is included here as well. RED [DOWNLOAD] BLUE  [DOWNLOAD] GRAY  [DOWNLOAD] Navigation Edition  [DOWNLOAD]

How to Mount An ISO File From Command

mount -o /path/to/iso/file /path/to/mount/point

Capacitive vs Resistive Touch Screen

Resistive Touch Screen Designed to allow items other than your finger to activate the touch. It also allows touch pens otherwise know as a Stylus to be used. Generally require a little more "effort", but you can use almost anything. Capacitive Touch Screen Best for situations that require high speed response and long lasting reliability. Has to be used with fingers - cannot use a finger nail or other pointing device, cannot be used whilst wearing gloves (ie. when its cold).

How To Setup Citrix Client On Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

This is brief guide on how to setup or install the Citrix ICA Client on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx. After the setup, many had encountered the message: you have not chosen to trust "some certificate", the issuer of the server's security certificate In this guide a simple solution is provided to solve this message. Steps: Refer to the Ubuntu Community Documentation on CitrixICAClientHowTo guide. Copy the relevant certificates (.crt files) from: /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla to /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts Goto your Firefox application settings and assign /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfica as the application to run on ICA file type.