PHONE OVERHEATS WHEN USING GPS

If I use gps for long periods of time plugged in to car charger (have to charger while using gps battery drains quickly)the phone gets so hot you have trouble even holding the phones.Is this a GB issue

My phone gets warm when using the GPS in the car dock. This has happened since I bought it on launch day (Before Froyo). It seems to get a little warmer after Gingerbread, but its also summer here and the phone gets pretty warm (38-41C) during my hour long drive to/from work. When I use the speedometer, the temps stay cooler.
When you are using GPS, you are not only proccess lots of data through the display, but also using the CDMA radio quite a bit. If/when Google gets their act together and allow downloading of routes/maps to navigate with, you will see the tempetures go down. Until then, prolong use of GPS will warm the phone up.
In the winter, the phone is cooler.
Its normal for a computer processor to get warm during heavy use. Gingerbread does use more processor power than Froyo, so the phone is warmer than it was with Froyo. Nature of the beast.

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