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Old 11-29-2006, 12:52 PM   #1
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Being a bit on the slow side, i recently realized i could use the gps function on blackberry map and i absolutely love it.
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Old 11-29-2006, 12:57 PM   #2
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Being a bit on the slow side, i recently realized i could use the gps function on blackberry map and i absolutely love it.
ditto on that, minus the slow part.
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Old 11-29-2006, 02:42 PM   #3
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How did you install Bb Maps on the 8703e? I thought that was a 4.2 feature?
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Old 11-29-2006, 02:51 PM   #4
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I didn't know that either. Thanks.
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Old 11-29-2006, 02:59 PM   #5
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I just tried it and my BB said "unable to display gps lock", then it rebooted. It has never crashed and rebooted like that. Uh oh.
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I just tried it and my BB said "unable to display gps lock", then it rebooted. It has never crashed and rebooted like that. Uh oh.
I tried it on mine ( Sprint ) and it's painfully slow and the GPS doesn't work.
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Yes, very slow. I get a window opening on the bottom but nothing is in it.
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Try Telenav or Wayfinder. I'm on the Pearl, so I'm not positive it's compatible for yours. I love telenav though.
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Yes, very slow. I get a window opening on the bottom but nothing is in it.
Exactly what mine does.
A friend has telnav and it works great, but it's also $10 a month.
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I will have to read up on it to see if I really need it. I don't think that I do, but if it is something I can't live without, then I'd pay for it.

Thanks.
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do you have a GPS 'blackbox'
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I don't think that I do. I did a search on here about that and found nothing.
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guys make sure you use this outside, as it wont work inside buildings/houses
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Being a bit on the slow side, i recently realized i could use the gps function on blackberry map and i absolutely love it.

Are you using the 4.2 OS (beta) or 4.1, 4.0??
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I will have to read up on it to see if I really need it. I don't think that I do, but if it is something I can't live without, then I'd pay for it.

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Read all about it here.

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Old 11-30-2006, 04:34 AM   #16
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Are you using the 4.2 OS (beta) or 4.1, 4.0??
v4.1.0.352
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How did you install Bb Maps on the 8703e? I thought that was a 4.2 feature?
8700g on T-Mo running OS 4.1.0.359.
Got BBMaps from http://www.blackberry.com/maps
Attached a bluetooth GPS puck and it works great!
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how much was the puck? what brand did you choose?
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What's the big benefit of the GPS stuff? DO you guys get lost a lot?!
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What's the big benefit of the GPS stuff? DO you guys get lost a lot?!
New cities and new places, finding POIs along the way. See what a POI is

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