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12-24-2008, 04:17 AM
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Damn I got excited for a second
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12-24-2008, 05:12 AM
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yeah, nothing's changed for me.
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12-24-2008, 06:44 AM
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MyGPS will only work with BB maps. I tried Google maps nd Amaze and neither show the GPS. RIM tech support told me it will ONLY work with VZN and BB maps. Carrier choice.
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12-24-2008, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by grumpyoldman  MyGPS will only work with BB maps. I tried Google maps nd Amaze and neither show the GPS. RIM tech support told me it will ONLY work with VZN and BB maps. Carrier choice. | False. Nav4All works fine.
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12-24-2008, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by CrackleBerryMound I must have a different version here in Australia. Landscape and full screen and it appears GPS all work 100% here. I don't have any of the issues you guys mention. Australia is the guinea pig nation!
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com | Yep me too, Storm with Vodafone in Sydeny "and hi everyone I am new here  ".
I think I read somewhere that verizon locks the GPS "don't know how they do it" but with Vodafone australia Gmaps is definately using GPS signal.
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12-24-2008, 07:09 AM
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Can any of you Aussie's tell us what version of Google Maps you have? Just wondering if it's any different than ours.
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12-24-2008, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kar200 Yep me too, Storm with Vodafone in Sydeny "and hi everyone I am new here ".
I think I read somewhere that verizon locks the GPS "don't know how they do it" but with Vodafone australia Gmaps is definately using GPS signal. | how accurate is it. Is the little dot where you are blue or red?
If its red then it really is using GPS, if its blue, it's just using trianglulation.
And it's not verizon. If it does work on yours its because google maps had been configured to read the vodafone gps. Since vz has always locked their gps' until now, They were never configured for verizon.
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12-24-2008, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by imann101 how accurate is it. Is the little dot where you are blue or red?
If its red then it really is using GPS, if its blue, it's just using trianglulation.
And it's not verizon. If it does work on yours its because google maps had been configured to read the vodafone gps. Since vz has always locked their gps' until now, They were never configured for verizon. | The dot is blue when its using GPS, and has a light blue circle round it when using triangulation (just checked in the help), mines usually accurate to less than 8 meters. V2.3.2 and works fine landscape and portrait.
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12-24-2008, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by df1z |
That answer from Google's web site is almost a month old now (11-27-08). It surprises me that it is taking Google so long to release an updated version of Google Maps for the Storm.
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12-24-2008, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Pachelbel That answer from Google's web site is almost a month old now (11-27-08). It surprises me that it is taking Google so long to release an updated version of Google Maps for the Storm. | That was less than a month ago. What exactly are you expecting?
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12-24-2008, 05:32 PM
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I don't understand why people keep saying the gps is locked down by Verizon. It's not and is being used in several programs such as;
Garmin Mobile
GPSed
Weatherbug
Blackwater
Nav4all
Telenav
I've tried all of the above personly, and they all work with the gps. VERIZON DOES NOT HAVE THE GPS LOCKED DOWN ON THE STROM.
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12-24-2008, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by bigman2 That was less than a month ago. What exactly are you expecting? | If other vendors have released Storm compatible versions of their gps-enabled software, why not Google?
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12-24-2008, 06:14 PM
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I get GPS with Google Maps every time, except when I'm in a building where it can't acquire satellites.
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12-24-2008, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Pachelbel If other vendors have released Storm compatible versions of their gps-enabled software, why not Google? | That's really kind of a pointless question. There could be a million good reasons. It's a free app, try being a little thankful for that instead of complaining that they haven't released an update for the Storm when it's only been a month.
The Storm is one device. It may be RIM's most popular phone to date, but there are still millions of Pearls, Curves, Bolds, WinMos, and G1s out there that they need to support too. Stop being so needy, and have a little patience. If they haven't released anything by the end of February, you can start complaining, but give them a little more than a month to come up with something.
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