Steve Dropkin wrote:
> Jeff Keller wrote:
>
>> I doubt that many phones have GPS circuitry.
>
> Verizon Wireless is one of the two largest (or _the_ largest,
> depending on your criteria) wireless providers in the U.S. They have
> not allowed customers to activate any non-GPS phone in about three
> years. They claim that 95% of their customers have a GPS-enabled
> phone. Sprint, (Nextel,) and Alltel also put GPS chips in their
> phones. Given the lifespan of most cellular/mobile phones and the
> propensity of customers to trade "up" over the last five years that
> GPS has been available on phones for U.S. systems, I'd say there's a
> fair number of phones out there with that capability.
>
> Steve
I am blissfully unaware of the ramifications, but talking with a cell phone
savvy fiend, he gave up GPS technology (or was it GSM?) hmmmm.
Anyhow, now he has a tri-mode phone from LG, and he's quite happy!
Switched to Verizon, from AT&T (Cingular) and loves it!
I can see I'm going to have to get educated about all these acronyms!
keith whaley
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