> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Justin Kremer > > On 7/27/06, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > Verizon says these services are not fully resident in the > phone. The > > GPS is useless away from a tower, and the music and video > depend upon a > > memory expansion that is not yet available from Motorola > and would not > > operate away from towers either. > > > > I think that's a GROSS misrepresentation that should get > high publicity > > as fraudulent. > > As far as I'm aware, it's way different from what the average person > thinks when they hear "GPS" but it's an industry standard term, and > has been for years. > For more info on cell phones and GPS: > http://www.travelbygps.com/articles/tracking.php > > - Justin Good reference! Bad scene! I think "GPS" was a controlled term for a while. I still think that a GPS feature that doesn't do any true self-contained GPS for the user is fradulent advertisingif it doesn't say "cell enhanced GPS" or something like that to indicate that it won't function in the boonies. The facts that the phone cannot actually store music or videos without a non-available memory expansion seems fradulent also. I'll bet the integrated matter transporter, tricorder, and ray gun features are similarly supported :-) Chuck