[FrayAdjacent911]

Certain cell carriers allow you to 'turn off' the GPS receiver in the phone, but will enable it automatically if you dial 911.

I'm looking at switching to Verizon, and getting a new phone. My 2 year old RAZR still works, but is starting to act up (won't start charging when I plug it in most of the time). I think Verizon is one that will allow you to turn off the GPS receiver.

What I'd LOVE is if I could use the phone as a GPS receiver over Bluetooth to my PDA, upon which I have a nice GPS navigation program. I use it with a dedicated Bluetooth GPS receiver, but using my phone might be more handy.