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Free GPS Program for My Alltel Cell Phone?

my cell phone is with Alltel, its a LG AX380 Wave, i've called Alltel, and it can be GPSed, so i was wondering if you know of a program i can download so that i can GPS my cellphone, my mom's or my nephews. the reason for all of these is so they know where i'm at, so we know where my nephew is at, who lives with us and my mom is always wanting to know where he is at and sometimes we can't get him to answer his phone, and as for my mom, its because sometimes she goes in trips and gets lost even when i use Google Earth or other online sites. by the way, i need to be able to find out where they are online. and in case it matters, my computer is a Vista. I can use Alltel, but it costs $10 a month for each phone, but if i can do it without that extra $10 a month, i would love to use it. Also let me know if i have to register with the site. Is there anyway to get the program to integrate with Google Earth, because that would make things a lot easier to use.

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1. I have a Blackberry Curve from Alltel and I've been trying to get the gps on that to work. I downloaded Google Latitude, another 3rd party gps application, and also tried the Blackberry Maps program to no avail. I called Alltel and they told me that I had to subscribe to their service to unlock the gps capability. Basically my impression is that unless you pay their fee, you're screwed. I had the most luck with Google Latitude, if your phone supports it, I recommend trying it. Latitude gets your location based on the cell tower you're operating from as well as gps, so even if your gps is locked it will still tell you where you are within a few miles--better than nothing I suppose. In addition, Latitude lets you share your location--in other words, it integrates with the online version of google earth so your friends can see where you are from their computer and vice versa. Let me know if you find a solution that doesn't involve paying.