At 04:27 AM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
>Some phones have built in (usable bi-directional) GPS. The Treo does not.
>
>Jose wrote:
> > Sprint implents this service for its customers...
> >
> > http://sfl.sprintpcs.com
> >
> > And I've seen services out there that allow you to use your cellphone as a
> > gps unit, but am not sure if it is a java app using the towers as
> > triangulation or the phone itself having the GPS chipset.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jose
The mystery remains mysterious . . .
Jose's link says:  A GPS receiver is incorporated into every Sprint phone 
sold since January 2002.

Sprint Family Locator supports the following phone models:


Child (Locatable) Phones

Treo 700p by Palm
Perhaps the bugaboo is that it only works with Child Phones, and who in 
their right mind, would give their kid a 700p  ;=)
Besides, I've heard that kids think that Palms are uncool, so no kid would 
carry one.  You'd have to have it implanted.
--  Don


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