[strata615]

I wanted to ask if enabling GPS incurs any additional charges such as the $10 a month that VZNavigator costs.

[akosnitzky]

Wirelessly posted (Its All About the U!)

No.

but the only thing unlocked is BB Maps

[bjchantry]

Originally Posted by akosnitzky

Wirelessly posted (Its All About the U!)

No.

but the only thing unlocked is BB Maps

Not sure that is correct. I have used the "My Location" choice with weatherbug and it works just fine with my GPS. I do have VZNavigator active so perhaps that opens it up, but the point is there are other apps that can use the Storm's GPS.

[rupertnoton]

The internal GPS works for me with third party applications without subscribing to VZNavigator.

[sartwell]

Originally Posted by akosnitzky

Wirelessly posted (Its All About the U!)

No.

but the only thing unlocked is BB Maps

I use weather bug and Garmin with internal gps.

[credo]

VZW is about profit, not us. That is the bottomline (pun intended).

[mikes2006]

Originally Posted by rupertnoton

The internal GPS works for me with third party applications without subscribing to VZNavigator.

really? which ones? Thanks.

[ronx]

Originally Posted by mikes2006

really? which ones? Thanks.

Weatherbug and Trapster, to name a couple that I've tried successfully. Others have said that Garmin works fine as well.

[SamMyers]

For the most part, any app that uses GPS will work with the Storm. However, there are probably a few that currently don't (ie. Google Maps). That's due to the software programming, not any crippling on VZW's part. Quite a few people here still believe that VZW has disabled the internal GPS, but that simply is not true.

[viet2100]

Trapster works down to the feet.