Can I get the BlackBerry Bold GPS to work without subscribing to TeleNav?
I understand one has to pay for the AT&T TeleNav service, but is the built-in GPS on my new Bold available to other applications such as geocoding on the camera and Google maps? I just downloaded TellMe, for instance, and it doesn’t seem able to use the GPS. What do I need to do to get the GPS going without the TeleNav subscription?
Probably not, just think about it, if everyone’s able to get free GPS then TeleNav will go out of business.
Hi – you absolutely can use the on-board GPS on your Bold without paying for Telenav! (but Telenav offers different services…)
If you use Google maps, fire it up and hit “My location” from the menu.. It’ll tell you initially that it’s found your location within 1000 meters or so. That’s the location based on cell towers… Give it a few seconds and then it should tell you your location is accurate to between 2 and 10 meters, for example. That means the GPS has kicked in. (When you installed Google maps, you likely clicked a button that said you OK’d “My Location” to track you. If you didn’t, you may have to just do a Google Maps re-install.)
The big difference between Telenav and Google Maps is that Google Maps doesn’t offer turn-by-turn navigation like one would expect by using an in-car GPS system that uses Telenav software.
However, if you’re driving your car — and I would never, ever use a mobile while driving
— you can watch your position change every few seconds as the satellites track your position.