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David LaGesse

Verizon Quietly Disables BlackBerry GPS

August 22, 2007 01:20 PM ET | David LaGesse | Permanent Link | Print

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Interesting, I have long suspected some shady practices at the big V, but I'm not sure what the deal is with my Storm 9530. I loaded Goggle Maps and checked Blackberry maps, and they both have my location off by at least a mile. So I bought a Keychain GPS 2000 to try as an alternate source. Once I finally got my Storm to pair with it--Blackberrys don't seem to want to pair with anything, makes me wonder how they keep procreating--I set it as the GPS source. It still was a mile off. Could this be Verizon F-ing with me, or is there something messed up with Blackberry's software? I wish I knew.

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google maps uses cell tower triangulation not satelite

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I have a 8830 through Verizon. I am trying a 30 day free trial of VZ Navigator and it shows me spot on when using their GPS. When I try Google Maps (free) I am well over one mile away from my location. I will remove the Verizon Navigator and see if there is a difference and I will not pay for a service from Verizon that is offered due to corrupt business practices.

Wow this sucks. I just got a corporate bb last week, the gps worked then but didn't this morning when I was lost on the way to a meeting.

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I have verizon also and mine works perfectly fine. I did have to enable it through the advanced options though

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I have verizon, I have blackberry. I have GPS. I turned it on in the settings menu

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Our in-house gadget guru, Senior Writer David LaGesse, checks out the latest technologies and gizmos, from computer software to GPS systems -- and reports back to you in plain English.

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