T-Mobile does not block with the 8800 but Verizon does with the 8830. On earliere BB models the GPS is also based on cell towers not satellites.<br><br>As far as tracking your position, I believe Google Earth may have that feature.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Blake Bowers</b> <<a href="mailto:bbowers@mozarks.com">bbowers@mozarks.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Many of the carriers block the GPS signal for use by<br>onboard applications.<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Eric H Christensen" <<a href="mailto:eric@christensenplace.us">eric@christensenplace.us
</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>><br>Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:04 AM<br>Subject: RE: [aprssig] BLACKBERRY WITH GPS<br><br><br>>I haven't discovered one but I am using the 8703e that was supposed to have
<br>>an onboard GPS but I can't get it to work quite right with Google Maps for<br>>Mobile.<br>><br>> Makes me wonder you could run some sort of Java APRS client on the BB and<br>> have it connect to the IS via the cellular network. You could send out
<br>> your position and send and receive messages. Hmmm...<br>><br>> 73s,<br>> Eric W4OTN<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">
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