Am I imagining this? I have a puck for my Curve (T-mobile) but haven't used it in six months. Too much of a hassle. Yesterday, my wife and I were driving from Los Angeles to Palm Springs. We thought maybe we had missed an exit, I clicked on Google Maps just to see if I could find a general map and there was an icon indicating our exact position on the map! Does it work without a puck? The puck is at home. I'm sitting in the hotel room right now and it's showing me where I am. How is this possible?
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Am I imagining this? I have a puck for my Curve (T-mobile) but haven't used it in six months. Too much of a hassle. Yesterday, my wife and I were driving from Los Angeles to Palm Springs. We thought maybe we had missed an exit, I clicked on Google Maps just to see if I could find a general map and there was an icon indicating our exact position on the map! Does it work without a puck? The puck is at home. I'm sitting in the hotel room right now and it's showing me where I am. How is this possible?
cool a gps puck but to the person that said its not as close as a gps, thats very untrue, i can see my exact location on my 8310 in my house when i zoom in onn the map even when i walk from the front of my house to tha back i watch the blinking blue dot update my position
I think you are right but I don't have it with me right now as my wife uses it.
She has google maps installed on it and it can locate her. Is this because of cellular triangulation?
I think you are right but I don't have it with me right now as my wife uses it.
She has google maps installed on it and it can locate her. Is this because of cellular triangulation?
Yes, Google Maps will also tell you accuracy within XXX meters, and using cell tower triangulation, it is usually not a very small (precise) distance.
I assume the lack of gps on the 8320 is why Blackberry Maps is not included on the device?
I was able to load it and use it on my Bold but no luck on the 8320.
