Hello,

Unlike every cell phone I've owned, the N900 has the ability to control if GPS is turned or or off via user settings. If GPS is turned off then all GPS-requiring applications will not get the GPS feed, which works as expected. Here's the dilemma: I've read that in emergencies (when you dial 911, for example) the provider can get your GPS coordinates (not from cell triangulation, but from the GPS chip). The question is, should a non-technical person need to use the N900 in an emergency, and the GPS setting is turned off, can the emergency service turn on the GPS chipset and get a reading from the N900?

Or does the user GPS on/off functionality override all ability to turn on GPS remotely for emergency purposes?