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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Problem with GPS, especially in cars, is that they need a fairly large antenna. And that eats battery! Car windows these days often have a coating that will sometimes even stop the dedicated navigation systems. I'm not surprised the A1 can't handle that... It's often helped by adding an external antenna (not sure if it has the connection for that...)
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Are you sure about that, or are you just repeating something you heard? It looks like passive GPS antennas start at about a 1/2" x 1/2", and the Lenovo certainly has room for something bigger than that.
Of course, it wouldn't be the first time a company has screwed up on antenna design...