Are any of these programs usable with the Alltel 8330, or am I limited to only using the Telenav software that came with my BB? I have heard that Alltel has locked down the GPS in a similar manner to Verizon, but I don't know that for sure yet.

I've used Telenav and it seems to work fairly well, but I'm not really interested in paying $10 a month for something that I only use infrequently.

Hello

Just bought my first blackberry last week. Love it!

I live in city and know my way round well. I wouldnt be worthwhile to pay £5 a month for a sat nav service on my BB, can anyone recommend a free service. Somthing that is easy to use by entering postcodes (zip codes) and has a clear screen and voice prompting.

Let me know

Great forum btw....

Cheers

Wirelessly posted (8310; The Juggernaut)

Read the first post in this thread, several apps are listed under the heading of free gps applications!

In Germany T-Mobile offers the software "NaviGate". I never used ist, but the download is free under "navigate.t-mobile.de". AFAIK a data plan is mandatory and you have to pay for every routing query.
Frank
BTW: Thank you for the work on the list. Its very helpful.

great list. Still like the blackberrytracker as well

Very usefull..
Many thanks to you..

does anyone know if theres a talking, turn by turn application that will work with my 8320 once i get the freedom bluetooth gps?

Yep, look in the first post here... TeleNav is one. Nav4All is another.

great thanks jsanders,

do you have any experience with the nav4all?
a free talking turn by turn app is hard to believe, but i will def give it a try!
any reviews on this program will be appreciated!

oh boy im excited

also, i wonder if it would be possible to interface with this beastly old GPS receiver i have? its a "Earthmate Hyperformance GPS receiver" from DeLorme thats about 8 years old runs on4AAA batteries and has a serial port connection hahaha. a freedom GPS would prolly be a better choice....

Thanks for this, now i can try different ones and find the one i like the most

Nav4all works great on my 8830. I removed Amaze and Google because of the options available. Thanks for the post about Nav4all.

Is it possible to use a GPS enabled BlackBerry as an external GPS device?

No.

does amaze work with the blackberry apn?

I have a VZW 8330 (Curve) and don't want to use VZNavigator (it stinks). I am looking to purchase a dedicated GPS unit that I can also use with my phone (I have an unlimited data plan) to get traffic updates, etc. I bought the TomTom Go 720, but of course VZW won't allow data access with it because there's no OBEX transfer allowed on the bluetooth. Anyone know of a unit I can use or a way to get OBEX to work on the phone?

This collection is great. I like the freeware picks. Thanks!