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Need Recommendation - Specific Criteria - GPS, No touch screens, prepaid Posted: 13 Dec 2012 07:44 PM PST This is a phone for a 10 year old. Androids and such have their uses, but I'd really rather not have one in this case. Battery life is poor, they are expensive to replace, and for panic-mode emergency dialing they're too clumsy. So if I could get an informed recommendation, I would be very, very grateful. Requirements: Must be useable with a prepaid service, service area in northeast Ohio Must have a standard dialpad (flip phone/clamshell, slide-down, bar, etc) Must have GPS Must be able to run a GPS tracking program (don't care about navigation) like Google Latitude, Accutracking, Mologogo, etc. No full-face touch screens Bonus: Under $50 Slide-out keyboard Camera The Samsung Entro and Samsung M575 from Virgin look good, but I'm not sure if they'll run a GPS location app (or if there's one available). The Samsung Array & Samsung Factor from Boost also look good, but apparently Boost blocks 3rd-party access to the GPS in their CDMA non-smartphones. I know Sprint also sells the Array (for $$$). Not sure if the Sprint firmware could be flashed over the Boost firmware to make the GPS available (or if the Sprint firmware is even available). I'm willing to pay a few bucks a month for the GPS locator software if necessary. Thanks in advance!

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