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Originally Posted by Spamdumpster
Torgerson - I have a Pearl on Cingular, obviously no native GPS chip. Is it possible to download a version of infospace that will pick up my location by defaulting to triangular or the location of a cell tower? I notice that installing the version for the pearl doesn't even offer me the opportunity to locate myself, but that, if I donwload other versions of the software (e.g., 8800, 8703, or 7100i), it gives me the option to locate myself, but then doesn't actually find me.
If there was a version of this that would automatically default to a cell tower location (i.e., no need for GPS), that would be fantastic.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Great response Spamdumpster
One thing we are focused on is ensuring the user experience is best, without causing confusion.On the 8100, although RIM states that it has GPS support, or could at least fall back to cell tower triangulation, it does not work in our testing. Due to this, I asked our dev team to disable GPS on the 8100 series. I have tried on several Cingular and T-Mobile phones with no luck.
Now, the 8703e should definitely work on the sprint network. That is our showcase phone for GPS support. Nothing we have tried works better. The 8800 on cingular has worked for us, and we have had limited success with the 7100i. I say limited because we have also seen some phones not working.
One thing you are probably all interested in is the GPS Puck support. Rest assured that it is a feature I also am very interested in. My guess is you will see it first in the 8100/8800 series. The 4.2 OS is supposed to make GPS puck transparent to code.. and work as any other LBS provider. That is something we still have yet to see working, and are actively working with RIM to solve issues here. Stand by for more here, I am excited to get this out.