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View Poll Results: GPS or WiFi? Which do you prefer?
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56.63% |
WiFi
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39.29% |
Neither
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08-11-2007, 11:38 AM
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#41
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: usa
Model: 8310
Carrier: ATT
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gps!
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08-11-2007, 05:46 PM
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#42
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Michigan
Model: Pearl
Carrier: T-Mobile
Posts: 194
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UMA compatible Wi-Fi for me. I don't have service in my home and I have a home office. Most of my calls come through my cell forwarded to my landline. This would save me a lot of money because I could lower the minutes on my cell plan.
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08-13-2007, 10:54 AM
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#43
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ATL
Model: 8700C
Carrier: VZW and the New AT&T
Posts: 32
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I would say GPS because it can be used more often. Wifi is only available when you are in a hotspot, and in that hotspot, you may have to pay for it. GPS can be used anywhere at anytime, for the most part.
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08-13-2007, 01:40 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Model: 8900
Carrier: AT&T
Posts: 418
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+1 for GPS. I use it often, multiple times a week. Wifi - not sure what I would really use it for. EDGE is fast enough for jivetalk and checking sports scores.
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08-13-2007, 02:40 PM
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BlackBerry Master
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Austin, TX
Model: AAPL
OS: iPhone
Carrier: is Better than BB :)
Posts: 3,633
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^^--What he said, definitely.
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08-23-2007, 07:34 AM
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#46
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NEPAL
Model: 9000
PIN: N/A
Carrier: cingular ATT
Posts: 31
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I want them all and unlocked
3.5G
GPS
WI_FI
keyboard
good sound
good price
I think I will get it only in Haven.
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08-23-2007, 08:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: The 'burbs east of Seattle.
Model: 9810
Carrier: T-Mobile
Posts: 7,600
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I would use GPS once in a while, wifi daily.
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08-23-2007, 10:01 AM
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CrackBerry Addict
Join Date: Feb 2005
Model: 9900
Carrier: ATT
Posts: 603
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Neither for me...
I would rather have a faster network hands down... 3G is fast but not fast enough... GPS is good but loading maps on EDGE is too slow.. wifi is nice but you need to pay for the hotspot at home feature and browsing with Wifi, Why, your at home so use a laptop or computer since your at home anyway with home hotspot... Would i mind having both GPS and Wifi no but its not necessary.
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08-29-2007, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Model: 8300
Carrier: ATT
Posts: 19
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Definitely WiFi over GPS for me, but not that I'm dying for WiFi. The main reason being, a GPS receiver in the BB is OK if you are WALKING, but try to use it in a car - what a pain!. The metal roof of a car renders a built-in GPS receiver nearly useless. It has to be line-of-sight to the sky, dudes, meaning you can't see the screen while driving if the BB is laying flat on the dash way out under the leading edge of the windshield. I use a BT GPS receiver because I can put it way out on the dash and keep the BB on my console where I can see the screen. My QStar GPS receiver is the size of a box of matches, and the batt life is around 36 hours of active use. Love it! Works great on the dash or in a shirt pocket. And no worries about looking like an idiot walking around with my BB out flat in my hand so it can get good enough sat signals to actually work.
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08-29-2007, 06:00 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Model: 8900
Carrier: AT&T
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Originally Posted by drhink
Definitely WiFi over GPS for me, but not that I'm dying for WiFi. The main reason being, a GPS receiver in the BB is OK if you are WALKING, but try to use it in a car - what a pain!. The metal roof of a car renders a built-in GPS receiver nearly useless. It has to be line-of-sight to the sky, dudes, meaning you can't see the screen while driving if the BB is laying flat on the dash way out under the leading edge of the windshield. I use a BT GPS receiver because I can put it way out on the dash and keep the BB on my console where I can see the screen. My QStar GPS receiver is the size of a box of matches, and the batt life is around 36 hours of active use. Love it! Works great on the dash or in a shirt pocket. And no worries about looking like an idiot walking around with my BB out flat in my hand so it can get good enough sat signals to actually work.
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I'm not sure what program you are using, but my 8800 and Mapquest doesn't need direct line of site to use the GPS functions. I keep my BB inside my dashboard or even in the center console, and it always gets enough GPS signal (10 satellites!) to work very well. Actually, I have used the blackberry in the backseat as a passenger and had it work fine too - and I don't need to have it right next to the window. My bb actually has very good GPS sensitivity - I'm sitting here in my dorm, a good 8 feet from the window and it is picking up my GPS location on google maps.
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08-29-2007, 06:22 PM
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#51
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Knows Where the Search Button Is
Join Date: Oct 2005
Model: 8300
Carrier: ATT
Posts: 19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wangta01
...My bb actually has very good GPS sensitivity - I'm sitting here in my dorm, a good 8 feet from the window and it is picking up my GPS location on google maps.
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When it comes to GPS reception, YMMV. Sounds like the GPS receiver/chipset is better in the newer BBs. I use Google maps and BBMaps. The GPS reception on my company provided Nextel 7520 was terrible. I would frequently get a message in Google maps like "signal too week to determine present location". That was in a variety of locales including concrete canyons in Chicago and out in the burbs. Side-by-side using Google Maps, my personal 7250 with a BT puck is way more sensitive than the built-in receiver on the 7520 in a moving car.
I was wondering, do you really need GPS in your dorm room? And I thought I partied a lot in college...
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08-29-2007, 09:49 PM
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#52
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NEPAL
Model: 9000
PIN: N/A
Carrier: cingular ATT
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Originally Posted by jax80
Since the Curve 8310 will have GPS and the 8320 has WiFi...which version would you choose?
Obviously we would want both, but it doesn't look like we're getting that anytime soon unless you get the 8820.
T-Mobile will come out with the 8320 for the WiFi (Hotspot) --- but I don't personally think I'll use that--so GPS looks more appealing (I'm hoping an unlocked version will pop up on ebay sometime soon).
What do you guys think?
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I am getting the 8820 I don't want camera.
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08-29-2007, 10:02 PM
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#53
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BlackBerry Extraordinaire
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Southern California, USA
Model: 8100
Carrier: T-mobile
Posts: 1,238
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You should have put down, "I don't care.".
But too late to change it now.
So that's my vote.
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09-02-2007, 11:37 AM
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#54
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Knows Where the Search Button Is
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Model: 8700c
Carrier: Cingular
Posts: 34
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GPS so i dont get lose riding my Yamaha R6 in the mtns. i live in the surburbs so no Wifi unless i use my AP. Also no wireless where i work either which is 75% where im at most of the time.
However, if i have to pay to use the GPS device, then no, I choose wifi + camera
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