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Originally Posted by southwestcomm
Sprint provides excellent support and information for all countries. Have you tried calling the int'l dept?
As for GPS - I replied in your other rant - Qualcomm chipsets don't have GPS capability off the CDMA network. This is not false advertising or "bait and switch" on Sprint's part. If you asked the proper questions prior to purchasing they would have told you this GPS doesn't work outside the US.
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Of course I called. How do you think I found out their position on this issue?
As to GPS, you need to carefully inform yourself before responding to a message in this manner. Qualcomm makes the CDMA side of the phone, which has
squat to do with true GPS. This from RIM:
The BlackBerry 8830 smartphone houses a proprietary, autonomous GPS receiver. This receiver is able to calculate the handheld's location relying solely on GPS satellites with no input from cellular towers. While the device does have assisted GPS, i.e. A-GPS capability, it houses a "full" GPS system similar in nature to GPS systems used by GPS-only car kits and mobile devices. This is designed to be accessible by second- and third-party applications such as BlackBerry Maps, Google Maps, and TeleNav. Such programs do need a wireless data signal to download mapping information, though they can figure out where the BlackBerry is in terms of latitude
and longitude with just the GPS signal.
What the Qualcomm chipset allows is tower triangulation. GPS location to 10 meters, as the chipset on the 8830 and any Blackberry with GPS can do, is impossible to achieve using tower triangulation.
Juan