Posts Tagged ‘8830’

Google Maps now supports GPS on Verizon BlackBerry Storm

by Boy Genius on February 18th, 2009 at 1:47pm
Filed under: BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, EV-DO, Handsets, RIM, Verizon 40 Comments

The pain you must have all felt; Google Maps not being able to take advantage of the built-in GPS chip in your Verizon BlackBerry Storm. What was worse, if you unlocked your Verizon Storm, Google Maps worked fine on any…

Bell may be messing with the GPS on Blackberry phones

by Kelly Hodgkins on September 25th, 2008 at 12:05am
Filed under: Bell, BlackBerry, GPS, RIM, Rumors 19 Comments

If rumors are true, then it looks like Bell in Canada is taking a page from the playbook of Verizon Wireless by crippling the GPS on select Blackberrys. Over the next few weeks, Bell may be increasing the GPS lock time (2-10…