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Posted Jul 13, 2012 9:26 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: emergency call by Fowl
Parent article: Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H)

No. That means "GPS".

In Samsung Galaxy S, for example, there's a special protocol between radio interface layer and GPS daemon.

I don't really think people care much about shortened talk time due to GPS when calling 911.


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emergency call

Posted Jul 13, 2012 18:58 UTC (Fri) by Fowl (subscriber, #65667) [Link]

I was referring to nonemergency calls.

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