Mine can be quick or take up to a few minutes depending on conditions (inside, outside, moving car, not moving, etc). If you think this is slow you should try some stand alone GPS units from years ago :-)
Can somebody confirm that BB maps loads in under a minute or two?
I went to Vzw store today and they said I could call in for a replacement phone. But I don't want to take the chance of getting a refurb if BB Maps just always takes indefinitely long.
Third-party apps are unable to use aGPS servers, and are limited to using autonomous GPS mode only. This means it will require a little bit of time to acquire satellite signals and calculate position, just like any other standalone GPS unit would. On the other hand, your old Motorola phone was able to use the aGPS (assisted GPS) servers to more quickly determine your position.
That being said, autonomous GPS really shouldn't take that long. Takes about 10-20 seconds on apps like Poynt and WHERE for me. If you need something quicker, you can try Verizon's nav software which will be able to use aGPS.
