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11-26-2009, 04:41 PM
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 #15 Durrell Summers
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Does turning GPS on for your Blackberry...
Automatically cost $10/month?
Or is it $10/month for using the BB Maps app?
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11-26-2009, 05:46 PM
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Download the free Google maps app, and don't even worry about the Blackberry GPS.
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11-26-2009, 06:47 PM
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#23 Draymond Green
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Originally Posted by Gob_Bluth
Download the free Google maps app, and don't even worry about the Blackberry GPS.
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11-26-2009, 06:50 PM
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#22 Isaiah Dahlman
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You can use GPS, there are many apps, most cost either a 1 time fee or monthly. Google Maps is free and works very well.
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11-26-2009, 07:38 PM
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Google maps for Blackberry is a pretty decent free GPS app. It uses cell towers instead of satellites to find your position, so it's not accurate to within a few meters, but it does a pretty good job.
Google Maps on your mobile phone
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Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
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"When they shipped the trophy to Illinois and Indiana, I shipped it back. When they shipped the shirts and hats to Illinois and Indiana, I shipped them back. I'd never do anything on anybody else's court or in their locker room. I wanted to share it with our people." —Tom Izzo
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11-27-2009, 01:19 PM
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#15 Durrell Summers
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Awesome, so I can change it from E911 so long as I don't use that BB Maps app.
I heard about Google Maps and that's why I brought this topic up. That's sweet
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11-27-2009, 02:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gob_Bluth
Google maps for Blackberry is a pretty decent free GPS app. It uses cell towers instead of satellites to find your position, so it's not accurate to within a few meters, but it does a pretty good job.
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Actually if you have a GPS chip, google maps will use it and get you within a couple of meters. The cell towers are used in place of the GPS chip, or if you're not receiving signal.
And to answer your original question, you get charged for the software, not for using the chip. It's free for google maps to use the gps chip.
Last edited by macrowave; 11-27-2009 at 02:51 PM.
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