One thing about Blackberry and Verizon... Although this does _not_ apply to the Storm, it seems Verizon disables the GPS system in the Blackberrys they supply (so you can subscribe to the Verizon service instead).
On the "World" (8830), if you have a bluetooth GPS receiver, then BB Maps will use that. For the Curve (8330), using GPS with bluetooth GPS receivers does not seem to be an option. So far, I've not been able to get it to work with Google Maps, either. (No experience with Pearls.) Again, though, the two Storms we have still have the GPS enabled. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote on 06/18/2009 08:36:57 AM: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Chyka, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some of our Treo 700?s are pas their prime and breaking down at our > > place and we are looking at new smartphones. > > I just got a Centro a few months ago. I really wouldn't recommend > it in general, but if you like the PalmOS platform it's an option. > > > We have Verizon for a carrier and was wondering which Verizon > > smartphone everyone likes the best. > > We've been using BlackBerry here for ages, so that's what we're > still using, for the most part. I can say they do work well. RIM put > a lot of thought into the user experience, which is more than I can > say for Win Mobile (née Win PocketPC née WinCE). Email and contacts > are very good. Calendar is good. Wireless sync is good. RIM does > hard keyboards very well. The Storm touchscreen, some love it, some > hate it. The Word/Excel/PowerPoint equivalents, while not like a > desktop, are suitable for handheld use. There are a fair number of > third-party apps for the BlackBerry, for things like VPN, remote > access, etc. There's a whole suite of stuff from RIM for gatewaying > your business apps to a handheld; don't know much about it beyond that > it exists. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
