We are pleased to announce Poynt is now supported on the BlackBerry Bold!
We took advantage of some of the new capabilities to spruce up the UI and give the user the ability to watch movie trailers from Poynt's movie search section. Stay tuned for more updates
You can go here with your BlackBerry Bold: m.mypoynt.com
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HEY! My 8320 just automatically located my position in Poynt without GPS and without me doing anything with the app! It jus did it. So, it would appear that cell tower triangulation support has been added!
Well done!!!
Last edited by John Clark; 09-27-2008 at 11:32 AM..
I think what you are referring to is a reverse geocode lookup where you have a gps location and you want to know the nearest address (zip, phone etc), correct? It is something we're adding to Poynt, and will do so for at least regional accuracy........
Actually since you're on an 8320, it's using IP-to-Location over WIFI. This build just patched it to make that service more reliable. We're still working towards finding an acceptable solution for cell site triangulation. It's not natively supported on the BlackBerry.
visortgw,
Stay tuned...
MyKyoo,
Still on the agenda. But I'd like to pass some questions out if I could. We're still deciding how to best present this feature, and our users may provide the best feedback.
- Would you like to see it displayed on the top during gps locates (i.e. real time - heavy network use for each lookup as gps location changes)?
or
- Would you like this functionality to be user driven (i.e. a menu option: "tell me where I am" or "save my location with address"- light network usage)?
Aha! Well, IP-Location is good....I didn't even think about that possiblility. Would be great to see the cell tower location option, too. However, I mostly just use this for movie listings. I just hope it doesn't get too bloated with stuff.
Actually since you're on an 8320, it's using IP-to-Location over WIFI. This build just patched it to make that service more reliable. We're still working towards finding an acceptable solution for cell site triangulation. It's not natively supported on the BlackBerry.
visortgw,
Stay tuned...
MyKyoo,
Still on the agenda. But I'd like to pass some questions out if I could. We're still deciding how to best present this feature, and our users may provide the best feedback.
- Would you like to see it displayed on the top during gps locates (i.e. real time - heavy network use for each lookup as gps location changes)?
or
- Would you like this functionality to be user driven (i.e. a menu option: "tell me where I am" or "save my location with address"- light network usage)?
This explains why I still have no "GPS locaction" available within Poynt with my VZW 8830... Is there any possibility of Poynt using Google Maps to provide this capability, or is there no API?
As far as reverse geocode lookup, I would prefer to have it be user initiated.
This explains why I still have no "GPS locaction" available within Poynt with my VZW 8830... Is there any possibility of Poynt using Google Maps to provide this capability, or is there no API?
As far as reverse geocode lookup, I would prefer to have it be user initiated.
While the 8830 technically supports GPS, Verizon's network is closed. Google does not provide a "publicly" available API for their 'My Location' feature...
Thanks for your feedback about the reverse geocode functionality.
- Would you like this functionality to be user driven (i.e. a menu option: "tell me where I am" or "save my location with address"- light network usage)?
Is there any possibility of Poynt using Google Maps to provide this capability, or is there no API?
