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Originally Posted by fleury
Hey, I have a HTC Touch Dual with GPS on it. Got it from Telus without contract for $150! Has a GPS chip in it and just had to download the Garmin software for it to work. No data plan necessary (unless you want the other features such as traffic updates). I can't believe I went without GPS all my life. BTW, I disabled data on my phone, so regardless if it tries to connect, it can't and I won't be charged. Just went to the States over the weekend and just downloaded the necessary maps onto the phone and was good to go!
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I figured it would come to this. Really, the only reason why a phone would have to connect for data to d/l map info was really only because until recently, phones didn't have that much memory. Now that you can get phones with up to 32 Gigs, fully installed maps probably aren't that far away. With google GPS coming out, GPS manufacturers are going to have to find new ways to make money.