The Google Maps application on my BlackBerry 8700g (yeah it’s not very en Vogue, but I still find the iPhone an unpractical-for-business toy) asked me to upgrade the Google Maps application today, and I was pleasantly surprised with what the update had to offer.
The new cool features are, except from a slicker interface, as far as I can gather ‘Google Maps with My Location‘ - a pseudo GPS by triangulation feature as first seen in GMaps on the iPhone, traffic information hopefully including more corners of the globe and real GPS over Bluetooth if you have a separate Blutetooth enabled external GPS device.
I’ve tested the GPS over Bluetooth function with a I-Blue 747 GPS receiver / logger and can confirm that it works like a charm, placing me accurately with traveling direction showing.
Looking sweet to me at the moment. Let me know how you’ve fared with the new Google Maps app and leave a comment.
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I have a 8703e and was prompted to update Google Map to 2.0.3 a couple of weeks ago. It used to work great but now freezes the Blackberry or just doesn’t work. Dont know why ??
Oh dear. It’s no fun when that happens. I’ve had some similar issues with the GMail for BlackBerry application; the client freezes the BlackBerry every once and again.
Have you tried http://getsatisfaction.com/researchinmotion http://getsatisfaction.com/google http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/topic.cs/bin/topic.py?topic=1 3536&hl=en or http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/ yet?
You should also check if your provider has crippled the device in any way.