Do you need internet to use Navizon GPS?

Question

Hi I am just wondering if a GPS PDA phone has the same GPS system as a GPS for a laptop. I know that my lap tops GPS only cost me $120 for software and a USB locater, no other charges. So does the PDA phones use satellites for free or by the phones Internet and service antennas. Thanx.

Answer 1

PDAs that have embedded GPS use the internet to update their maps and to send/receive location, basically to navigate so that is why you need an Unlimited Data Plan.

Omar

Answer 2

If your PDA has a GPS receiver, you don't really need Navizon unless you want the enhanced positioning they offer via their database of WiFi access point and cell tower locations.  GPS signals do not cost anything to use.  What you may get charged for with your smartphone are the maps or turn-by-turn route calculations.