Everyone is expecting the iPhone 2.0 to support full GPS and today we took a step closer to complete confirmation. Steffen Voigt has given us added hope that the follow up to the iPhone will bring the publicized 3G capabilities and full-GPS support. The root of this GPS madness comes from the current iPhone SDK’s locationd component. The locationd component includes references to NMEA which is a data specification for communication between various location sensing devices (GPS units). What really brings fuel to the GPS fire is that locationd makes direct references to satellite information with strings mentioning latitude, speed, magnetic variation and satellite status. The days of cellphone triangulation for iPhones is over as the iPhone 2.0 hardware-based GPS component will trump its predecessor.

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