Re: Do Android phones ork well as GPS units?

Previously on alt.cellular.verizon, Evan Platt said:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:34:37 +0000, Jeffrey Kaplan <nomail@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Depends on the phone, and whether you are ever outside of cellular
service.

Depending on the phone, cellular service isn't needed for GPS.

Unless you install a GPS application, you are dependant on cellular
service for your map data.

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