Establishing a GPS connection may take from a couple of seconds to several minutes.
Establishing a GPS connection in a vehicle may take longer.
The GPS receiver draws its power from the device battery. Using GPS may drain the
battery faster.
Position requests
You may receive a request from a network service to receive your position information.
Service providers may offer information about local topics, such as weather or traffic
conditions, based on the location of your device.
When you receive a position request, the service that is making the request is displayed.
Select
Accept
to allow your position information to be sent or
Reject
to deny the
request.
Landmarks
With Landmarks, you can save the position information of locations in your device.
You can sort the saved locations into different categories, such as business, and add
details to them. You can use your saved landmarks in compatible applications.
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
Landmarks
.
Select
Options
and from the following:
New landmark
— Create a new landmark. To request position information of your
current location, select
Current position
. To enter the position information manually,
select
Enter manually
.
Edit
— Edit a saved landmark (for example, add a street address).
Add to category
— Add a landmark to a category. Select each category to which you
want to add the landmark.
Send
— Send one or several landmarks to a compatible device.
Create a new landmark category
On the categories tab, select
Options
>
Edit categories
.
GPS data
GPS data is designed to provide route guidance information to a selected destination
and traveling information, such as the approximate distance to the destination and
approximate duration of travel. You can also view position information about your
current location.
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
.
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