BlackBerry 8830
Verizon has crippled the 8830
Before you run out and buy Verizon's Blackberry 8830:
Verizon has crippled the Blackberry 8830 so that the GPS location function will NOT pass data to Google Maps, Spot or anything else. Despite what the phone's own help screens say, GPS "location on" does not work. After hours of being escalated and listening to music, I finally got transferred to Blackberry itself and got the straight answer. Verizon's solution to tracking? "Buy VZNavigator" ($10/month).
Using the 8830 in place of a WWAN card (which I had, and now use again) requires tethering to your PC via a USB cable (provided). Can't do it via Bluetooth. Again, Verizon has turned off that capability. Also, you have to pay an additional $15 per month (on top of the data pla...
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Verizon has crippled the Blackberry 8830 so that the GPS location function will NOT pass data to Google Maps, Spot or anything else. Despite what the phone's own help screens say, GPS "location on" does not work. After hours of being escalated and listening to music, I finally got transferred to Blackberry itself and got the straight answer. Verizon's solution to tracking? "Buy VZNavigator" ($10/month).
Using the 8830 in place of a WWAN card (which I had, and now use again) requires tethering to your PC via a USB cable (provided). Can't do it via Bluetooth. Again, Verizon has turned off that capability. Also, you have to pay an additional $15 per month (on top of the data pla...
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