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Jeremy,
I have a Blackberry with GPS on it. It acts like a GPS navigation system, and even gives me speed of travel. Good for comparing my speedo in the 911s. I don't know which phone you're using but if you can't use the GPS data for map or direction...probably not much use.
I think all the new phones will allow a 911 operator (with the help of the cell service) to triangulate your location. There was a motorcycle accident in Illinois last year, in which the rider crashed in a remote location and broke his neck. He tried to call for help, but got his signal bounced between to cell towers owned by different cell companies and he wasn't able to get through. Anyhow, I think he had an old phone that didn't have the feature to allow the cell company or 911 to triangulate his location. He was found dead a day or two later.
Don't know why I had to mention that...
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