Iphone 4 maps gps acting strange

Never have I had this happen with the 3gs.
When I'm using "show location" and following my gps point, my purple path just stops, and it trails off. The location is still ahead, but it's like maps just gave up on directions.
Anyone else experience this?
alan

Yes this happens to me too after the iOS 4 upgrade. Using Maps when I'm driving the purple path randomly disappears also after many kms (2 or 3) it comes back again.
I found this very annoying!!!
Is this a new bug or an hardware related problem?

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