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Bell is now crippling GPS on BlackBerry

This is a story that is making it way around the tech crowd a lot this but has not gotten a lot and lot of media attention elsewhere yet. The Boy Genius Report Blog reports that:

Over the next few weeks, Bell may be increasing the GPS lock time (2-10 minutes) and resolution (1-2.5KM) of Third Party applications while maintaining the speed (10-15s) and accuracy (10-25m) of their own GPS Nav program.

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Google Maps Mobile NOW with Street View for the BlackBerry

So I’ve been playing with the new Google Maps Mobile v 2.3.1 for the BlackBerry for a few hours now and although I dreading to see how much data I have consumed, I am very very impressed with the new added feature. The above video explains it very very well, but should you have YouTube blocked off at work, let me just run it down for you:

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Newton 2 – Yeah I could go for that.

This rumour is really starting to take some legs. And to tell you the truth, I’m starting to think it’s a pretty good idea.

Daniel Eran Dilger Apple’s WiFi mobile platform, represented by the iPhone and iPod touch, appears to echo elements the history of the company’s Newton MessagePad from a decade ago. This [...]

BlackBerry’s Dark Little GPS Secret

You _don’t_ need TeleNav! What you say? BlackBerry holding out their beloved _crackberry_ loyalists? Well yes, in the case of their GPS services they have completely undersold their own apps in order to sell you something you probably don’t even need.

I had never really used BlackBerry Maps on the my previous BB 7250 [...]

Why My New BlackBerry Pearl 2 Deletes Txt Msg (SMS)

It’s not a conspiracy plot against other forms of non-email communications and for once it’s not even Bell Mobility’s fault. It’s just a little bit of bad planning on behalf of BlackBerry maker’s RIM.

Here is what happened, I received my BlackBerry Pearl 8130 just before the Christmas break and like any other [...]