The new beta release of Beyond411 now supports GPS based search-- for example, you can do yellow page searches and get driving directions from your current location, wherever you are.

You can install the 4.20 beta release over-the-air from http://thebogles.com/beta/b411.jad.

This is a beta release and you may encounter bumps in the road, please let me know of any issues.

Of course GPS functionality is only enabled on Blackberries that support GPS, e.g. the 8800 series. To turn on GPS search mode, select GPS from the location drop down at the top right of the search screen.



Thanks to geonames.org for a reverse geocoding web service licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

arrgh....i just got the curve and this is my favorite app as always. But we dont have GPS.

when i try to do a rphone i always get a ! with OK below it....error. (non beta release)

{{sigh}}.....alas.....I'm only an 8703e user with vzw......{{sigh}}

Updated on my 7100i and got the following error:

Error starting berry411: Error loading module 'berry411' Out of Memory Error"

Wirelessly posted (8700g: BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

Phil, should the beta work on non-gps BBs (just without the gps function)? FWIW I installed on my 8700 (4.1 OS) and got the out of memory error when launching. Went back to 4.12 version.

(Hope to see you add function for BT gps in the future.)

Wow! What a great feature! Will this work with a paired GPS? An external?

I'm constantly getting "sorry GPS is not available"

Thanks Phil, works great on my 8800.

I am getting the same error as IanHummel... "sorry GPS is not available"

I'll have to do some more test I guess...

I had to refresh GPS in Options > Advanced > GPS (the blackberry options, not Beyond411.

I do get an uncaught Exception java.langArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when trying to access the settings menu in Beyond411. (8800c)

Don

WOW! Thanks, Phil!!

I posted an updated version that won't give the out-of-memory error on older phones.

(Perhaps other developers have experience with this: the out-of-memory error happens when I compile using the 4.2SDK instead of the 4.1 version)

Just uploaded the updated version and got:

Error starting berry411: Module "berry411" attempts to access a secure API

This is fixed.

YOU ROCK PHIL!!!

I have been waiting for this piece of the puzzle for B411, and it's now here.

THANK YOU

I've got to hand it to you Phil, the time and effort you voluntarily put into this project is just amazing. Thanks for your efforts!!

Don

Wirelessly posted (8700g: BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

That fixed it. And I still can't get over how fast it launches.

will this work eventually with 8300 and a gps puck?

Note: The geonames.org web service is down this evening, so driving directions to GPS locations is temporarily unavailable.

Does this use your gps location instead of "home, work or other"? If so this might be enough for me to hold off for a berry with gps and camera

This program just gets better and better.

That's exactly what it does. You have an additional location to search on - Home - Work , Other, and GPS (which will use your current location as reported by the GPS, instead of the pre-defined locations for the other 3)

Don

geonames.org is back online, so this is working again.