Old Android based phones for GPS?

[ben2go]

I had and old T mobile pay as you go HTC phone that my son used.It ran Android 2.2 Froyo I think.The phone wasn't connected to any net works.I had all that stuff deactivated.I ran the GPS and that was all.It worked good on road.I kept it in my front jacket pocket and it picked up sats quick.IS anyone using a cheap older phone for GPS only and is there anyway to load POIs and other offroad areas to the phone?I never tried that when I had my son's phone.