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Originally Posted by syrguy1969
Squantodog is right, it will get cracked in time. The i910 does have GPS, it is just provisioned by VZW for use with VZNav only!
P.S. Cmass....you can use plug in GPS untill we can use the internal GPS!
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Are you sure it is a REAL GPS system that uses orbiting satellites? Or does it just use cell towers like all other phones? They are completely different systems but often both referred to as "GPS". From what I read this morning it is just a tower-based system - except that "unlocking" it gives you access to non-Verizon towers and your choice of software. I hope I'm wrong!!
My Dare is advertised as having a "GPS" but once I get 30 miles from home and my cell service gets sketchy, it will not give me a fix on my location because it cannot communicate with the towers. My Magellan which is a real GPS will give my location no matter where I am because it is using satellite signals, not cell towers.
Some of the higher end car-based GPS systems with subscription services actually use both towers and satellites so they can determine your exact location anywhere regardless of cell service but then look up business addresses if they are within range of a cell tower.
If the Omnia is a cell tower based system it is fundamentally no better than any other phone.