Some telling data has been pulled from the device emulator included in the iPhone SDK. There is some evidence there that the new iPhone could have true GPS functionality, which is currently a talking point of iPhone critics. It is fundamental to keep in mind, that could mean something, but could just as easily, mean nothing.

Reference to NMEA found in the locationd service on the iPhone, propose that GPS could be coming. NMEA is the standard way to present GPS info to applications that can use it. The locationd service additionally revealed some strings related to satellite positioning, latitude, longitude, speed,

and satellite link quality. There are more strings than just those relating to GPS, including current position and estimated accuracy.

True GPS support is a huge leap by the current solution on the iPhone, which uses triangulation of towers to determine the iPhone position relative to themselves. that is additionally known as A-GPS, or assisted GSPS. GPS is much more efficient. All that though, does not mean GPS will be there for certain. All it means, is there is software support for it, only the new iPhone will tell us for certain.

[Via iPhone Atlas]

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