eGPS is Better than A-GPS According to Manufacturer

The current trend in cellphone GPS navigation is A-GPS, which helps speed up acquisition time of satellites, making it faster to get a satellite lock and to begin navigation. However, CSR, the company behind the enhanced GPS (eGPS) chip, is saying that eGPS is a better standard than A-GPS. According to an Engadget report, the firm states that the new chip will provide "universal positioning capability that will not only work reliably indoors and in zero GPS signal conditions, but greatly speed time to fix in poor GPS reception areas where most handsets are used." The chip will utilize data from cellular networks to provide a fast satellite lock. The firm hopes to have the chip module, along with embedded FM and Bluetooth radios, for less than $1 to device manufacturers.