[budman45]

For those of you that have them, how well do the GPS pucks work... Positives and negatives. Reason I ask is because I have both a 8300 and 8800. I like the form of the 8800 over the 8300 and the built in GPS but I like the 8300 for the camera. I am going to sell one of them but want to cover all of my opptions before selling the one I should have kept.

Thanks.

[rsnadel]

Works fine.

[nexteli836man]

yep the pucks work good .... thou i did like 8800 all in one a bit better than the 8300

[TotalDistinction]

No problem with the 8300 and Holux GPSlim240 gps puck. I like the form factor of the 8300 but you have to carry the puck for gps (I hang it off of my key chain).

[rtcsi]

I have the puck but not sure which is the best free software to use with it...Google, Yahoo or ?

[Perfect Storm]

My Holux M1000 works quite well

[piricha]

I too have a recently purchased 8300 and shopping for a GPS puck - anyone out there have an opinion between the two models named above ?

And intrinsic to the question - comparison of TeleNav vs. Garmin service ?

Thanks guys !

[TotalDistinction]

I use the 8300 with the GPSlim 240 and have had no problems at all using Telenav. I'm in Canada and Telenav has not let me down. I enjoy the voice navigating and it supports text-to-speech for announcing the street names as opposed to "turn right in 300 meters".

I can't speak for the Garmin service because I haven't used it. I don't even know if the server is even available in Canada.

Originally Posted by piricha

I too have a recently purchased 8300 and shopping for a GPS puck - anyone out there have an opinion between the two models named above ?

And intrinsic to the question - comparison of TeleNav vs. Garmin service ?

Thanks guys !

[jimdab]

Originally Posted by rtcsi

I have the puck but not sure which is the best free software to use with it...Google, Yahoo or ?

didn't google disable their gps-enabled maps for blackberries? i read that a few weeks ago. supposedly due to AT&T trying to monopolize on their own pay-for-use gps services or something.

i was about to get a gps puck but that made me not get it.

if i'm wrong, somebody please correct me.

[rsnadel]

Originally Posted by jimdab

didn't google disable their gps-enabled maps for blackberries? i read that a few weeks ago. supposedly due to AT&T trying to monopolize on their own pay-for-use gps services or something.

i was about to get a gps puck but that made me not get it.

if i'm wrong, somebody please correct me.

Google released a version 1.60 that did not allow GPS with the Curve. But they now have updated to 1.61, which does work with my Curve using the Freddom Input GPS puck.

[lilitiki]

Yes, you can use it now. I actually end up using Telenav more if only because of the audio alerts - keeps me from crashing as I look at the tiny screen for directions.

[phonemonkey]

Google or BB Maps won't reroute you if you get off course, Telenav will. I find the downside to any of the BB-based navigation products is that you can't be on the phone while using the navigation.