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Comment on Activating Verizon Blackberry Internal GPS by PeltonJohn

PeltonJohn — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:38:26 +0000

I’m absolutely p’d off about the disabling of the internal GPS receiver. I believe that Verizon has a right to charge for services it provides, but it does NOT have the right to take away something I paid for. In this case, I paid for the Blackberry 8330 in one way or another (subscription) and feel that I bought the receiver chip with the phone. Verizon has denied me rightful access to that information through other programs and I would like to find a lawyer out there who feels the same way. A nice class action suit might get this problem solved for all of us, don’t you think?

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Comment on Activating Verizon Blackberry Internal GPS by wulahcooper

wulahcooper — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:36:54 +0000

By disabling GPS on the blackberry 8830 & 8330 is a complete display of corporate greed by Verizon. Any third-party GPS application running on Verizon BB 8830 & 8330 is denied access to the internal GPS. Verizon even denies the BlackBerry Map access to the internal GPS. Because of this I had to switch my number from Verizon to AT&T. I had to test multiple GPS application for my two thousand plus blackberry users. Carry an external GPS with you while the blackberry you hold has a built in GPS is out of sync. Ditch Verizon and set yourself free.

Comment on Activating Verizon Blackberry Internal GPS by AdminJeremy

AdminJeremy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:19:16 +0000

Be careful. It is my understanding that the GSM versions of the Curve (AT&T, Tmobile) have a wifi chip in place of the GPS. Phonescoop doesn’t say it has GPS. I believe the AT&T Blackberry Curve uses cell towers to triangulate your position. This is why if you pull up google maps on a blackberry without GPS enabled the device will know your general location within 5000 meters or 1700 meters. It’s doubtful that your sales rep would know either. If you would like me to investigate further for you just let me know and I’ll put a followup to this post.

Comment on Activating Verizon Blackberry Internal GPS by egb

egb — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:44:30 +0000

I purchased a Blackberry Curve 8330 on early Aug, 2008. The sales people told me the unit has GPS. I later found that the GPS can only be used by the inferior software called VZNavigator. I think the sale to me was misleading to say the least. I can understand a fee for data as map data is extensive. Howver, a fee and only VZNavigator is obnoxious. I will move to AT&T when my contract ends or sooner by simply reducing my plan to the minimum needed by my wife and abandoning all of my payments. AT&T also costs $10/mo but GPS is generally enabled. On an aside, Mapping prograsm for PC’s come on DVD’s and are generally about 1GB in size. I don’t understand why someone hasn’t build a gps enabled mapping program that includes the data.
Ed

Comment on Read your Voicemail by Siminoff

Siminoff — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:59:34 +0000

Glad that you are enjoying the service and thanks for the post.

As for the little glitch on the PhoneTag.com site, I just sent me CTO a message with your note, it has been on our to-do list for a while to fix I am sure that this will speed it up a bit:)

Jamie

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