Is GPS (for Google Maps) free & open on T-Mobile?

Asked by Evan (810

) September 25th, 2009

For instance.. most carriers try to get you to purchase the ‘Navigation’ packages that they offer, but they don’t actually block the GPS from working. I know that Verizon definitely used to block the GPS from working in their phones, unless you purchased the $10 option, whereas Sprint never did, nor do i think AT&T did..

My question is whether T-Mobile phones can use the full GPS (not the ‘approximation’ using cell towers) in a program such as GoogleMaps, w/o paying for a Navigation package..

thanks in advance…

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I think it depends on the phone, but I don’t think there is anything similar to Verizon’s GPS navigation service.

For example, I have a G1 phone with T-Mobile. The phone has GPS and Google Maps built-in. I pay nothing extra for that (though the phone does require a data plan).

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You can absolutely use the Google Maps application on T-Mobile’s network—meaning with “full” GPS rather than cell triangulation. There are numerous choices (free and paid) that you can use with a T-Mobile phone. I use Nokia Maps on my Nokia E71, for example.

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