phones do not have to be a smart phone to have gps. just ask the salesperson for phones that have gps and see which one you like. there are lots of gps mobile phones that aren't smart phones.
If your phone is a smart phone you will not have to install anything to use gps, you usually just have to enable it. If your phone is not a smart phone you may have to install certain applications or enable certain features to use it.
Most of the smart phones will have a GPS for free installed on them. You can get a smart phone from Verizon and they relatively cheap if you sign a two year contract.
Depends on the brand and model of the GPS, and the brand and model of the smartphone.
The GPS capabilities of a cell phone are dependent upon the type of cell phone. Most smart phones have a GPS capability of less than three meters
If your kid's phone is a smart phone, there are many apps that can do that for you otherwise there are also online sites you can use that work together with any GPS enabled phone. An example is www.instamapper.com .
GPS in mobiles works by communicating with the phone masts nearest your location. Your network knows where you are - based on the amount of time it takes each of the nearest masts to communicate with your phone. This is translated into a GPS fix.
Almost every modern phone enables GPS tracking for 911 calls. While other software programs may access your GPS location, you can disable this feature in your phone's menu settings.
If you have an Android based phone there is GPS Software located in the marketplace. There is also GPS software in the Apple App store. There are many sites offering GPS software for smartphones. http://www.mobiumgps.com/handheld_gps.html has offers information and a free trial of GPS navigation software on smartphones.
Most of the phones sprint offer have GPS. If you want to be on the safe side the best bet would be a smart phone from sprint.
A Smartphone that has a GPS function is a smart choice.
alpine makes one, as does Garmin and cobra. there are also phone apps that you can get if you have a smart phone. my friends use Garmin's and swear by them, I'm a bit more price limited so I use the smart phone app.
If you have a smart phone, type it in the GPS Search. If you dont have a smart phone maybe look for one online or on Yelp. Yelp is one the leading navigation sites with directions and addresses.