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Originally Posted by syrguy1969
As for GoogleMaps....it does utilize GPS if you activate it, but as for the tower locating 'My Location'....for some reason (especially with VZW) not many (if any) devices are compatible with that feature.....not sure why, but I haven't had any luck with it since day one!!
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I just did a bit of research: As I suspected, the Omnia does NOT have a Geo Positioning Satellite receiver. It has a position calculator that uses cell towers the same way most newer cell phones do. The only thing "unlocking" it does is allow the use of other software such as Google and using non-Verizon cell towers in the calculation. Other than that, if you don't have cell service, you don't have a "GPS". Nothing fundamentally new here.
You CAN get a GPS reciever that plugs into it though....