I was curious to know if it is possible to track someones location by their pearl? I am the account holder and BES admin, I dont need to know the exact location.. just what state they are in.
I guess, the only other way would be to have installed with the user's knowledge, some third party tracking app like BlackBerryTracker. And again, have GPS on the device.
If Google release an API for their latest "Maps" (the version that guesses position based on the cell tower that you're connected to) you might not need a GPS. Here in the UK it's good enough to "within a few miles" on one of the 900MHz networks. Not a replacement for GPS, but saves a bit of scrolling if you want a map of your current location.
I suspect that that data - especially the "which mast are people actually connected to from where" info - would be worth quite a bit though!
There are mobile phone tracking web sites which just use the mobile phone masts to find a rough location
these can track a regular mobile, providing the user has replied by text to agree to be tracked in the future, so as long as the user has signal, then you should be able track that way