Verizon's GPS Unlocked for Curve
- Why would anyone use anything but VZ Navigator? I mean it does everything that any other GPS programs or devices do and more! The best feature is when my wife is shopping at the mall she can send me a GPS follow me request and then continue shopping. When I get there I can catch up to her using Navigator while she is on the go. Plus it gives you verbal direction directly into my Bluetooth Jawbone. Amazing. For only $10 a month just the Follow Me feature is more than worth it.12-04-08 06:40 PMLike 0
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But to each his own but you get what you pay for.12-04-08 06:48 PMLike 0 - tbwilson, ok you are happy spending money on it, we get that. Many of us would rather use the free alternatives, especially since many of us have real GPS devices for the car. But, BB Maps also has a feature to send GPS location to another person. Not sure how it works, since i haven't tried it, but it's there. Don't care about the traffic thing, that's what my real GPS device is for. Not to be negative, but I never understood why people are willing to spend $120 per YEAR for a GPS application over just buying a real GPS device for around the same price with no recurring fees (other than maps which aren't necessary that often).
Last edited by howie; 12-04-08 at 07:11 PM.
12-04-08 07:09 PMLike 0 - tbwilson, ok you are happy spending money on it, we get that. Many of us would rather use the free alternatives, especially since many of us have real GPS devices for the car. But, BB Maps also has a feature to send GPS location to another person. Not sure how it works, since i haven't tried it, but it's there. Don't care about the traffic thing, that's what my real GPS device is for. Not to be negative, but I never understood why people are willing to spend $120 per YEAR for a GPS application over just buying a real GPS device for around the same price with no recurring fees (other than maps which aren't necessary that often).
Note that built in Vehicle GPS systems run around $1500 from the factory/dealer. They average person doesn't keep there car over 5 years. Break that cost down. (About $21 a month)
I don't understand why anyone would buy a bulky "stand alone" feature lacking GPS when there are feature rich GPS applications built right into something you carry with you alway. You keep saying "Real" but what make one more "Real" than the next? Both a just GPS chips with a UI.
But like I said to each his own.Last edited by tbwilson; 12-04-08 at 07:34 PM.
12-04-08 07:23 PMLike 0 -
edit: I just turned off the "mobile network" for voice and data on my 8330, then went to use the GPS... cannot find any satellites. It's not that cloudy out there, which is another big concern for some. Regular GPS devices are much more sensitive to the signal than cell phones . Then I turned the network back on, turned on the GPS in maps and found 9, while it was running turned off the network and it went back to "searching for satellites" never finding any. Just pointing that out as to answer your question of what makes a "real GPS".Last edited by howie; 12-04-08 at 08:10 PM.
12-04-08 07:55 PMLike 0 -
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- Why would anyone use anything but VZ Navigator? I mean it does everything that any other GPS programs or devices do and more! The best feature is when my wife is shopping at the mall she can send me a GPS follow me request and then continue shopping. When I get there I can catch up to her using Navigator while she is on the go. Plus it gives you verbal direction directly into my Bluetooth Jawbone. Amazing. For only $10 a month just the Follow Me feature is more than worth it.12-04-08 09:24 PMLike 0
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- The Blackberry Maps now works like a charm for me. I had VZ Navigator on my Voyager and I will admit that it was great but for the amount I use GPS the free Blackberry Maps fits my needs.12-04-08 10:49 PMLike 0
- I easily save the $120 a year by using the avoid traffic feature to save gas. VZ Navigator can alert you in real time of accidents or traffic backups then re-route you to the fastest alternative. When gas was $4 a gallon this saved me ALOT of mileage and gas.
But to each his own but you get what you pay for.
My car's navigation offers traffic reports along with turn by turn instructions for free. And so does most other portal navigation units.12-05-08 01:43 PMLike 0 - I have VZ Navigator. I started up BBmaps, with news that VZW has released it's GPS grip. I was disappointed to see how archaic BBmaps seems...I could use Google maps without GPS and get the same basic turn by turn visual directions that I saw on BBmaps. VZ Navigator is worth the 10 bucks, in my opinion...when you compare it to BBmaps. If I was lost, I guess BBmaps would be a little better than nothing. Not impressed12-05-08 03:25 PMLike 0
- It's still not working for me. But it's not that big of a deal to me for now. I can wait a little longer. It just keeps searching for satellites.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com12-05-08 03:26 PMLike 0 -
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- I activated VZ Nav on our corporate account and they pay for it. I do use it while not in my car becuase my Garmin was stolen from valet at a hotel in Honolulu...still pretty pissed about that.
My main issue is that it takes so loooooooong to provide any remotely useful info. At least GM gets you close right away and the search is unbeatable. I just got BBM up and running with OS4.5 and its pretty cool, but no GM.
anyway, to the point, I think if you pay for VZNav you should be able to access the GPS data for aynthing you like. I mean who the **** really cares as long as you give them your money, they should allow it. Send out a firmware unlock code tied to the PIN or something like that. it wouldn't be terribly difficult to set up.
VZW...thoughts on that?...maybe?...12-05-08 08:37 PMLike 0
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