Help Does GPS work without 3G Activation?

[rich_r]

The GPS in the XOOM is a typical aGPS used in a cell phone. Normally aGPS uses "assistance" from the cell system to acquire GPS.

Does the XOOM need to have 3G activated with Verizon for the GPS to acquire?

 

[tcallahan]

Nope. Works without the 3G. And it works really well. Fast and accurate.

 

[QuickDraw]

Mine works very well too. This device really "grows on ya" in a very short time.

 

[daddyd302]

So you guys can take your Xoom with you on the road and use google map as your gps without 3G data???

 

[rich_r]

So you guys can take your Xoom with you on the road and use google map as your gps without 3G data???

That was not the reason I asked the question. Although Goolgle Maps does cache your route, that's pretty limiting -- if you go too far off route it cannot recover without a data connection.

I bought CoPilot Live USA (on sale for $2.99 when I bought it) for my OG Droid. The advantage to CoPilot is that all of the maps are loaded on storage. Since I don't have my Xoom yet I don't know if CoPilot will even work (but I expect that if it does not then someday they will have a tablet version).

There are a couple other mapping applications that allow you to load the maps on storage (e.g., MapDroid). TomTom and Navigon may also have Android versions.

I don't think I'll be activating 3G on my Xoom (although I may activate it when 4G is available -- if the pricing is right ); so it will be nice to have some Navigation available the screen size should make it outstanding for that purpose.

 

[zetroc]

I don't think I'll be activating 3G on my Xoom (although I may activate it when 4G is available -- if the pricing is right ); so it will be nice to have some Navigation available the screen size should make it outstanding for that purpose.

4G is expected available on the device in a couple of months and the pricing is the same as 3G. Why not just get it now?