[RS]

"What pisses me off is that if this is a GPS enabled phone, why can't I see my GPS coordinates on the screen but it appears everyone else can from their computer."

The answer is because its not a GPS enabled phone -

E911 is an FCC specification for providing locations, the carrier is reponsible for the selection of the type of system, which does not have to be GPS. An example of a different system is here -

http://www.geometrix911.com/e911.html

The writer of the original article didn't do all his homework.

[fourdeuce82d]

its not a GPS enabled phone -

Dammit man, stole my thunder... Did a quick google search however, and real GPS phones are on the market.

[ovrtaxt]

You can check out a gps system here: http://www.garmin.com

I have a street pilot. It rocks! Saves a lot of time if you regularly drive different routes, or if you have to find new addresses all the time.

Now, nobody has brought up Onstar yet. GM owns Hughes, which owns all the GPS satellites, so it's relatively cheap for them to offer. They will probably start offering map screens in their newer cars, much like the Garmin units.