Sanyo RL-4920 GPS Question

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A friend has GPS capability on her phone (not sure what provider) that
allows her to go into some menu and actually see the longitude and latitude.

Is this feature typical of phones with GPS capability?

Is it possible to view the GPS info on a Sanyo RL-4920 (I'd try myself but I
don't own one yet).

If not, on which Sprint phones is this possible?

Sprint didn't seem to know much when I emailed them. They just said that
the phone had GPS for e911 and that they were planning on offering a GPS
service in the future.

If the phone has GPS hardware in it, I shouldn't need a service to look at
the data.

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Neb Okla wrote:
> A friend has GPS capability on her phone (not sure what provider) that
> allows her to go into some menu and actually see the longitude and latitude.

Nextel.

> Is this feature typical of phones with GPS capability?

Generally no. Not yet anyway.

> Is it possible to view the GPS info on a Sanyo RL-4920 (I'd try myself but I
> don't own one yet).

Probably not.

> If not, on which Sprint phones is this possible?


None that I know of.

> If the phone has GPS hardware in it, I shouldn't need a service to look at
> the data.

It doesn't, at least not something like what a bona fide GPS receiver
would have. The system partially depends on fixed station equipment at
the cell sites.

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