# This is not the DROID you are looking for.......move along

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**Created:** [October 28, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-not-the-droid-you-are-looking-for-move-along/247906 "2009-10-28T07:21:53Z")
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### Author: ![Neo187H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/898d66/32.png) [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-not-the-droid-you-are-looking-for-move-along/247906/78 "2009-11-02T13:12:04Z")

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> [@Ok, who is the idiot that crashed his WRX on Sheradin this morning?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ok-who-is-the-idiot-that-crashed-his-wrx-on-sheradin-this-morning/24905/50):
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> I believe you need to maintain data connection for the GPS to work, which makes coverage that much more critical. It is a smartphone with GPS feature, so it will not work like a stand alone dedicated GPS device.
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> Check out this video, if you haven’t seen it already: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXK4jKN\_jY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXK4jKN_jY)

Correct, it uses the data network for GPS so no signal means no GPS. Also means it will kill your battery while in use. So its not really a complete replacement for a GPS unit but its more than sufficient for most uses.

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