Blackberry GPS

[Charlie]

I'm a newbie with this GPS stuff, so please bear with me.....I'm doing some research online, but figured I'd throw it out here as well.....Got a Blackberry this past weekend, with all the widgets and whistles. It's through Sprint, and as such has the "Sprint Navigation" application preloaded, which looks to be normal "Tom-Tom" type GPS/Navigation, with the streets and highways, turn by turn, all that.....but it doesn't show any "off-highway" areas, just kinda blank background once you get away from any major road. So, my question is, does anybody know of any downloadable GPS maps for the Blackberry 8310?

[jbolty]

I don't have any direct information but I do have a Palm Pre with Sprint Navigation. It's pretty cool when it works but about half the time I get "Unable to set current location" so it has no idea where it is located. See if yours is more depandable before investing any effort in it.

[BrandonTJ]

Download the Google Maps app. It should work with your GPS and give you most everything Google Maps gives you on a computer.

[wiebewagon]

google maps works great on my blacberry storm, i dont know the model # and it is verizon, but i dont see why it wouldnt work for you

[Chief Gunner]

I have the firt storm with the updated OS (5.0) and both google maps and the blackberry map that comes with the phone both work weel with GPS.  I used the GPS and directions function on my phone when I was in Virginia for the first time.  Flew into DC and had to drive down to Dahlgren.  I was able to set up the drive on my phone and use it as a GPS system.  There also some good 3rd party apps in the Blackberrry ap store that work pretty good as well.  I use GPSed when I mountain bike.  It records distance, elevation, speed, as well as the track that I run.  I can upload to the GPSed server and map out my ride.  If I buy the advanced copy, the program will send my real time track to their server every 30 seconds, so in theory, I could have someone follow my ride at home.  They would know where I am if I got hurt or something.  Overall, some pretty cool features.  Dont know how well all of them work, but it is a good beginning.

[85HeartBurb]

I'm a newbie with this GPS stuff, so please bear with me.....I'm doing some research online, but figured I'd throw it out here as well.....Got a Blackberry this past weekend, with all the widgets and whistles. It's through Sprint, and as such has the "Sprint Navigation" application preloaded, which looks to be normal "Tom-Tom" type GPS/Navigation, with the streets and highways, turn by turn, all that.....but it doesn't show any "off-highway" areas, just kinda blank background once you get away from any major road. So, my question is, does anybody know of any downloadable GPS maps for the Blackberry 8310?

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