Comments on: BlackBerry Cool How-To: GPS and your BlackBerry (Pt. 1)

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:34:59 +0000

Is there a gps that I can put on my blackberry for oilfield use? I am looking to get the LSD location maps so I can pin point leases and gas plants. Any info please let me know thanks

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:04:34 +0000

amaze gps does turn by turn with voice and its FREE

By: Newbie4BB

Newbie4BB — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:03:13 +0000

Great review Douglas…Do you get charged data by rogers for using external GPS device? do you know of any GPS receiver that gives you turn-by-turn directions?

By: CWF

CWF — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:22:16 +0000

I have Deluo USB GPS Pro+ SiRFstarIII for my laptop. Is there a way to hook that up to my BlackBerry Pearl?

By: Murtaza

Murtaza — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:49:03 +0000

Hello, I have a Bt-5 GPS satellite receiver and have hooked up to the BB pearl..did all the settings as instructed in this forum. The blue lights comes up on the BT-5 the dash on BB maps application reads GPS reporting, A red arrows always shows N direction, ever time i move the track ball a message pops us saying updating in 10 sec and counts down till 0. but all i get is gray diagonal lines. I have never seen any map on my screen. i have tried mixed and match other menu options but no luck. pls guide how to get the maps and GPS thing working on my BB

By: hector

hector — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:31:15 +0000

hey i just picked up the blackberry pearl and im undecided whether to buy the bt-359

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:56:27 +0000

Hi, I just got the blackberry pearl and the BT-359 USGlobalSat GPS Receiver and I want to see if I can get it to show me points of interest… otherwise what is the point of a GPS? I want to be able to find the nearest bank or starbucks. google maps does this great, but it doesnt look like I can pair my GPS Receiver to Google maps. Can you help please? Thank you.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:07:47 +0000

Hi,
Everything works OK for the 8703e but I have Verizon and I can not get my current position nor can I get turn by turn or any location. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks,
ewokdog@yahoo.com

By: Andree

Andree — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:31:04 +0000

Wow, it’s an awesome mapberry. I’m currently using tomtom and PPC CE 5.0 GPS built-in for travel planning, and you can’t imagine how much hassles to go through it compared to this mapberry. Although the screen is most of the times not big enough, but the easiness and seamlessness of it just enticing me. Moreover, as far as i know, only google and blackberry are doing maps as far as this, and no need to say that RIM is the only one doing both hardware and software so far. I believe as long as they conntinue R&D and good support on this, it will conquer the world of travelling in the future. Go RIM!

By: Joaquin

Joaquin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:50:18 +0000

I have been using Blackberry Maps on a Blackberry Pearl paired with a BT-359. The GPS works really well on tracking the position. However, BlackBerry Maps is not reliable at all when the GPS is enabled for tracking. The maps do not refresh well and sometimes it takes a long time for the map to catch up with your location. I have been testing The GPS and Pearl going from home to work and back. Thank God I know my way from one point to the other, otherwise, I would have completly missed every single exit I was supposed to take.
I love the Pearl and I like the GPS device, but I would not recomend this a reliable GPS traveling solution.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:27:15 +0000

Bruce, I’m sure it will work with the 8703e by Verizon. You just need to have the puck, and some software.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:49:28 +0000

Great review!! Will this work for the Vz 8700E which does not have GPS enabled?

By: BlackBerryCool » BT-359 Bluetooth GPS Puck Reviewed

BlackBerryCool » BT-359 Bluetooth GPS Puck Reviewed — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:28:26 +0000

[...] Good thing then that the BT-359 is designed to give you its location at all times. As youâ€™ve seen before on BlackBerry Cool, sometimes getting a Bluetooth device to work with your BlackBerry can be quite a pain. Not so with USGlobalSatâ€™s puck: itâ€™s more or less as simple as turning it on and syncing with your BlackBerry. Now granted, there are a few things you should know about GPS devices in general and quite a few things you should know about using it with BlackBerry Maps, but we have a handy guide right here to take care of that. Most importantly, the BT-359 works as well as a GPS device can with your BlackBerry â€“ whether youâ€™re using the aforementioned Maps or BlackBerry Cool favorite Chronicle Road. [...]