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bg_27 · 07-04-2005, 12:10 PM

Has anyone tried out Mobile GMaps (http://www.mgmaps.com/) and got it working on any blackberry devices?

thanks

DavidE · 07-04-2005, 12:19 PM

I tried downloading it and got a "Download Failed" message.

DavidE
www.davidenglish.com

bgate · 07-04-2005, 07:26 PM

Thought I would give this a bump and see if anyone else had tried recently...
Brent

Soapm · 07-05-2005, 01:20 AM

Wirelessly posted (Berry: BlackBerry7290/4.0.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

Ditto, won't downlodpad for me

_driver · 07-05-2005, 07:20 AM

Hi, go to http://wap.mgmaps.com and you can download it.
I have downloaded application without any problems.
Nice soft!

phone_caller · 07-05-2005, 07:55 AM

I was able to download and install, but I couldn't move the map! Perhaps my 7290 would work better if it had GPS.

DavidE · 07-05-2005, 07:56 AM

No joy with http://wap.mgmaps.com either. Same "Download Failed" message. I'm using a T-Mobile 7290 without BES.

DavidE
www.davidenglish.com

ck99a · 07-05-2005, 07:58 AM

If you have install issues, just go here WITH YOUR BLACKBERRY HTML BROWSER:

http://wap.mgmaps.com/mgmaps.jar

For some reason the wap site doesn't always work (invalid jar file error).

You cannot move the maps around by design it seems. That would take a lot of bandwidth that our blackberrys do not have. You have to use the search feature to find stuff.

I've found the program to be really cool, but very very slow. It takes forever to search and download the maps!

EDIT:
Wooo!
This was my 50th post

DVST8 · 07-05-2005, 10:50 AM

The download seems to work if you use the WAP Browser, not the Internet Browser in the BB.

bg_27 · 07-05-2005, 11:18 AM

I finally got it installed by pointing the WAP browser to the jar file.

yah the program is really really slow, and you can't to the best of my knowledge you can't search for an address.

DavidE · 07-05-2005, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bg_27

to the best of my knowledge you can't search for an address.

If you type an address (including zip code) onto the "Where" line (leaving the "What" line empty) when you do a search, it should find the address. You can then save the result to the program's list of locations and even use it as the startup location. I've found that some addresses aren't in the Google database, so that may have been the problem.

I was able to download the program to my 7290 by 1) changing the Content Mode in the browser to "WML only" and 2) pointing the browser to http://wap.mgmaps.com/mgmaps.jar. Don't forget to put the browser's Content Mode back to "WML & HTML."

DavidE
www.davidenglish.com

Soapm · 07-05-2005, 04:20 PM

What good use has anyone found for this? I found my house on the map but I'm trying to figure out why I should leave this on my BB.

DavidE · 07-05-2005, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soapm

What good use has anyone found for this? I found my house on the map but I'm trying to figure out why I should leave this on my BB.

I could see using it when I travel. I could put in the hotel's address and get a sense of where I am in a city and what might be within walking distance.

It would be much more useful if you could bring up directions and mileage from one location to another. I'm not sure you can even have two locations visible at the same time.

DavidE
www.davidenglish.com

ck99a · 07-06-2005, 04:51 AM

Why is it useful? Same reason you keep a map in the glove compartment of your car. If you're driving and need to get somewhere but aren't sure the way, you can check it out on a map!

I used to use Pocket Streets on my pocketPCs all the time. I found it really useful in the event needed directions anywhere. I wish this program was faster, but its a good start for now.

bg_27 · 07-06-2005, 10:11 AM

yah its the best thing i could find so far, but i think an "offline" app would be much better and way faster

wireless · 07-19-2005, 03:22 AM

I just downloaded it on a 7520 without a bit of trouble. Will report on actual useage when I get a chance. (I never go anwywhere, so Im sure you can see I really needed it!)

_driver · 07-20-2005, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phone_caller

I was able to download and install, but I couldn't move the map! Perhaps my 7290 would work better if it had GPS.

Yes, I couldn't move the map too!

Any ideas ?

Dawg · 07-20-2005, 06:15 AM

more trouble than its worth very very slow i found a generic map of the city i was in but so small i couldnt really find anything hitting delete button

DavidE · 07-20-2005, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _driver

Yes, I couldn't move the map too! Any ideas ?

When you press the number keys to move the map, are you also pressing the Alt key so the keys are numbers rather than letters?

It may sound obvious, but that's what I did the first time I ran the program. You look at the numbers printed on the keys and forget you have to use the Alt key.

DavidE
www.davidenglish.com

_driver · 07-20-2005, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidE

When you press the number keys to move the map, are you also pressing the Alt key so the keys are numbers rather than letters?

Yes, it works!
Thanks