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Re: Can the Omnias even use Latitude?

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Originally Posted by Slick17 View Post
Did it and it worked. Thanks. Now I'm finding out that I can see my friends but they can't see me. So I'm thinking that the Omnia doesn't have GPS. I did a serach in the phone and it says that you need to choose a port from the settings and go in "external GPS" and that isn't there.
The GPS on the Verizon Omnia is locked. You can only use it through their VZ Navigator app and have to pay a monthly usage fee.

But, I thought Latitude was supposed to be able to get your location from cell phone towers OR GPS. But, it's looking like more and more that it relies on GPS only...