[chris716]

yes you can just sign up through telenav thats what i did since i dont have cingular

[Stinsonddog]

All of this is covered at my GPS tips site and a sticky in the GPS thread which is where I am moving this.

[Lex Luthor]

Forgive me if this is a seriously n00b question but does using telenav eat through a lot of data? I don't have the 8800 yet but if I am lucky enough to find an unlocked one for sale I want to use the telenav feature but as a Rogers Wireless subscriber I pay $65 per month for 50MB of data so it's quite costly and if it's a data hog I won't use it unless I really have to.

[Stinsonddog]

Originally Posted by Nitty

Forgive me if this is a seriously n00b question but does using telenav eat through a lot of data? I don't have the 8800 yet but if I am lucky enough to find an unlocked one for sale I want to use the telenav feature but as a Rogers Wireless subscriber I pay $65 per month for 50MB of data so it's quite costly and if it's a data hog I won't use it unless I really have to.

Yes it does I am afraid. I don't see a spot for it. BBMap uses the least due to scalable vector maps. You have some settings of not using maps on Telenav that would reduce it.

[Lex Luthor]

Thanks for the info I appreciate it.

[mzini]

Here is a GPS question... can you still receive phone calls while using the GPS?

[Stinsonddog]

Originally Posted by mzini

Here is a GPS question... can you still receive phone calls while using the GPS?

Yes but some complain of choppy performance, and you won't get map updates or voice commands.

Stinsonddog's Blackberry GPS Tips

[jfox67]

Originally Posted by bollar

When you get to the download page, it automatically downloads the 8800 version if you do it OTA. Otherwise, you're right that it's not mentioned on the site.

Another dope here....

I tried this and it did not recognize my 8800. I also tried to just download the 8700 and 8100 file. Both downloads failed with errors.

I also read Stinsondog's entire page (great job by the way!)

Any ideas?

[gynomite]

Is it a free service? The replies are coming fast and furious to this...do you go to ota.telenav.com/ota/at on the BB browser? I did and kept getting an error message that the servers were swamped. For 3 hours.

Thanks

Gynomite

[gynomite]

If this and other GPS apps are serious data hogs, and it is working kind of patchy at best for the masses...isn't it just best to get a tom tom of garmin of your choice?

[chris716]

i was getting the server errors last night but its workign for me now i just did it to see if the link was right and its working yea you do it on the browser of the blackberry

[tcrawford]

Originally Posted by chris716

yes you can just sign up through telenav thats what i did since i dont have cingular

I want to sign up at telenav but it doesn't have the 8800 listed. What did you pick as a device when signing up?

[chris716]

i signed up as the pearl and then when i downloaded the app ota from phone it downloads the right one

[tcrawford]

Got it - all set up - everything is working perfectly.

Thanks!

[AngelJo008]

Can I get Telenav service through Cingular or do I have to get it through Telenav's website? The reason being, I want the 9.99 to go to my Cingular bill instead of a CCard