I found several inexpensive phones on Ebay that have GPS and I can develop using. Then I ran into the question: If I plan on not purchasing a service for the phone can I still access the GPS...

Be sure and read the links I left above on the topic.

It's really not that complicated really. JSR-179 just gives you the abstraction to access those functions. Obviously you can poll the...

I was looking for one at Nokia. I know the Motorola i860 also has support. It's one of those thing you have to look at every spec on every phone to find what you need. So I'm sure there's more out...

JSR 179 uses GPS. GPRS is General Packet Radio Service. A GSM data transmission technique that does not set up a continuous channel from a portable terminal for the transmission and reception of...