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Verizon locks the gps in their curve so that only verizon navigation software(which you have to pay for) and blackberry maps allow it to work.. everything else needs to use cell triangulation which isnt nearly as accurate...
**** i am a sprint customer and i even know the verizon carrier forum has a petition against verizon for this issue that they outline very clearily..04-22-09 09:27 AMLike 0 - Sorry if we sound rude, but when the same threads pop up literally every week, it can just get annoying sometimes. Before asking a question it never hurts to do a quick search of the forums to see if it's come up before so you can at least add to a previous thread if one exists already.04-22-09 09:36 AMLike 0
- The Curve uses GPS (I don't think it has WAAS), but on the Verizon 8330, the internal GPS chip will only use BBMaps and VZNav currently. And as noted above, a quick search (even a cursory glance) would have revealed multitudes of information the subject.04-22-09 12:00 PMLike 0
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� Cellsite: Which is the least accurate but the fastest location mode, uses cellsite towers that attempt to provide triangulated GPS information.
� Assisted: Which is more accurate than the Cellsite fix but not as fast, uses the network in an assisted search.
� Autonomous (Standalone): Which yields the most accurate fix but provides the first fix the slowest, uses the on-board GPS chip
But on Verizon Curves Cellsite and Autonomous are not supported. Assisted works but only for BB Maps because Verizon requires all third-party applications to have a valid Client ID and Password for access to their Location Proxy Server.04-22-09 01:06 PMLike 0 - All CDMA curves use
� Cellsite: Which is the least accurate but the fastest location mode, uses cellsite towers that attempt to provide triangulated GPS information.
� Assisted: Which is more accurate than the Cellsite fix but not as fast, uses the network in an assisted search.
� Autonomous (Standalone): Which yields the most accurate fix but provides the first fix the slowest, uses the on-board GPS chip
But on Verizon Curves Cellsite and Autonomous are not supported. Assisted works but only for BB Maps because Verizon requires all third-party applications to have a valid Client ID and Password for access to their Location Proxy Server.04-22-09 01:09 PMLike 0 - 04-22-09 01:18 PMLike 0
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Also whenever people post sprint vs verizon in teh forum.. the topic has been beaten to death, burned, buried, then paved over and a house built on it and people always seem to bring the argument back up in a new thread.. seems like they do it just to **** people offLast edited by numus; 04-22-09 at 01:22 PM. Reason: HOW IS P I S S A BAD WORD?!?!?!?
04-22-09 01:22 PMLike 0 - Google Maps does not use Cellsite triangulation. What Google does is looks at the Cell tower ID you are on and runs it through their own database to display where you are.04-22-09 01:29 PMLike 0
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