Unlocked GPS???

The update to my PDA included unlocking the GPS chip. :)

I tried it out with Google Maps.
Error message: Please log into something or other that Google offers, before configuring Google maps.

I log into that. Then try my hand at configuring Google Maps.
I'm outside --- not a cloud in the sky.

About twenty minutes later I get an error message. "Weak GPS Signal".
If it can't locate satellites outside, then what was unlocked???

I guess I should be glad that Verizon didn't charge me an early termination fee.