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A comment on Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th. Parent comment

Re:Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th by bigiain on Monday October 21, 2013 @07:25AM (#6584720)
Well, no. Some devices have a compass in them, and Google Maps uses it if possible.

If your device has no inbuilt compass (think iPhone 3G, from memory), there's nothing Google Maps can do about it.

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Re:Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th by Apofis on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:13PM (#6609187)
Oh, my bad. I actually thought it was a feature of the GPS, not a separate sensor.
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