Dudes, I have the i88 phone from Nextel (Motorola) & it definately has a GPS built into it. I've tested the i88 GPS next to several handheld models & it's reported postions are always spot on. I've wondered the same thing myself, but I haven't tried it yet. The GPS in the phone only runs when you hit "update position" or an application (JAVA, 911, etc) pings the GPS. I'm sure someone could write a JAVA ap that'll run the GPS continuously & output it to the phone connector, but I haven't seen one yet.
If someone does figure it out, I could be online AND have updated GPS position on my Axim while anywhere. Ahhhh...
Anyone wanna write the app to do it!?
-Groucho
groucho@thedukes.org