Using iPhone's assisted GPS equals high data roaming fees?

Consider the following setup:
I buy an simlock-free iPhone 3G S in Brussels, Belgium for €512. I purchase the TomTom navigational iPhone application on the App Store so that I don't have to rely on an expensive Belgian mobile provider to get continuous access to Google Maps. I use this iPhone with a standard voice+data plan.
Suppose I drive a 300 km south to Paris, France. I use my iPhone with the TomTom app to negotiate the Parisian roads.
Question: will the GPS unit of my (future) iPhone 3G S be able to find its position on its own without relying on a paid data connection? (even if it takes a while)

To answer your question, yes it will work. (Just may take more time to acquire sats, like a normal GPS.) Also, I just tried it by removing my SIM and turning off Wifi.
What Ian said is not quite correct. Assisted GPS does use the network connection and uses either the cell towers or wifi access points (Skyhook.com has more info) to locate you. It uses the SSID of these wifi networks whether or not they are password protected, but needs to exchange this data with Apple/skyhook to figure out where you are, and it does this over a network connection (or wifi, I believe.)

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I have used a droid for the 2 years plus that I have been with Verizon. I work for a cruise line on a ship. I am in port every 8 days and use my phone on that day. I leave my data roaming TURNED OFF at ALL times because I am aware that charges for this are very high when roaming on a ship (I have worked on cruise ships for over 12 years).
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6. Do I need to purchase the iPhone 4 from a Canadian seller given my above questions? What other questions do I need to ask of the seller when looking for a used iPhone 4?
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I went to photo trip, now I need to geotag 1000 photos to multiple locations. Everytime I photographed I used Iphone to snap a gps coordinate.
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Import gps data from Iphone.
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As said above.
I haven't changed much,since 1 year ago. Have apple 3gs, os 4.1. Added a few apps. I think things changed by doing update of apps.
Most of my apps are for free. I would really like to find out what my iphone does.
I saw on the detail of the bill that 800 mb are at 24:00, 400 mb are in the rest of the day. I'm not using it at 24:00 so these are not used by me. For the rest, I think in total I used 200 mb, as my use hasn't changed much in the last 2 years, and I was at max there for the first years with iphone.
I had to swich to an unlimited plan, but this issue shuldn't happen at all.
My message to apple is, we must know what our phone is doing, if it behaves like this it can be very risky.
I leave near the border. Think whath happens if I do 300 mb in roaming in a few days (actually I get a bill of 150$). Or wat shuld I do in holydays? leave my iphone home is the best solution for now. If I can't activate data roaming I don't need an iphone at all. I take the phone with the good cam.
Then the battery goes down by 50% without using it, I had it in my poket and watched a few youtube vids, made 2 calls, send 5 sms, looked at about 10 email. Battery is at 15%.
My sonyericcsson goes on for 3 days, using 3g and hsdpa.
One other thing that happens by mobilephones when 3g is active, is that the phone searches constantly for a 3g network. It shuldn't do this. It shuld only do this search if I use gprs connection. Because by searching it gives max power to the antenna, this uses the battery!
I think apple cud fix that, other companies will come after with the same fix.
Cheers and tank you for reply
Jonathan

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I know this doesn't explain what is happening, but it will put your mind at easy when on holiday.
Get in touch with Apple, call them and ask.
This should not be happening.
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