Do I still need GPS when A-GPS comes with Phone?

Could somebody explain me whether I still need an external GPS module when using Nokia E71? E71 comes with A-GPS, which stands for assisted. What the heck it means. To me it sounds like "the GPS is not good, so it will need assitance from your provider".
Nokia is still offering the Nokia Bluetooth GPS Module LD-4W as an accessory for E71. So this prompts me to ask whether I still need it. The LD-4W is not listed as Asssisted GPS. Does it mean it's better?
I am confused with all that GPS.
Thank you.
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Great, thanks guys for explanation. Yes, I looked up, E71 has GPS with A-GPS. So it means it drains less battery and is faster to find location because the phone doesn't rely solely on the satellites but it gets information from towers faster.
Does it mean, if I don't have data plan OR if there are no towers, the GPS still should be capable to do the job?
Anyway, seems like a good idea to get LD-4W to save battery on the phone. The LD-4W can operate 11 hours on GPS only, no A-GPS. Can E71 come close in number of hours for GPS use? Anybody tried?
An interesting thing would be whether E71 A-GPS can match the 11 hours of the LD-4W GPS unit. In the city the results would be different than on the countryside, I guess. Going on travel might make sense to get LD-4W. If staying only in city, it might make less value then? Hmm.
I will give it a try and see how it works.
- polo -
Message Edited by polocanada on 12-Aug-2008 01:29 AM

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