By Nate AmsdenPosted Thursday 29th November 2007 14:53 GMT
I bought a Sanyo Katana DLX last weekend on Sprint and the new google thing doesn't find me. It seems to default to Minneapolis, MN. I happened to also get the paid-for sprint equivalent of the google thing, which seems to use the same technology(Navteq), and it can find me(with or without the GPS functionality, GPS seems to be required for routes though). Works for one of my co-workers T-mobile blackberry curve, another co-worker has a blackberry pearl(I think that's what it is), and the new google maps thing crashes his blackberry every time he tries to run it.
By Robin StrongPosted Thursday 29th November 2007 19:08 GMT
...sitting at home and it's about 20 yards (er...about 130 linguine) out. Plus it can give me directions to the pub along the road. Better get me coat, it's a bit nippy out tonight...
(Latest version of Google Maps under Windows Mobile 6 on a T-Mobile/HTC MDA Vario thingy, if anyone's interested)
In both my home and office, I'm getting my location within a "1,700m radius." That being said, despite Google using that disclaimer, the location that it's placed has has never been more than 600m away or so.
Still, given that I both live and work in Zone 1, London, a little disappointing. Unless this is just a reflection of how crap O2's network infrastructure is in the city.
Comments on: Google trials GPS-without-GPS mobile navigator
Navizon already does this #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Thursday 29th November 2007 14:47 GMT
doesn't work on my new phone #
By Nate Amsden Posted Thursday 29th November 2007 14:53 GMT
Google maps works great... #
By GettinSadda Posted Thursday 29th November 2007 15:08 GMT
Works great! #
By Iain Paterson Posted Thursday 29th November 2007 16:35 GMT
Very impressed... #
By Robin Strong Posted Thursday 29th November 2007 19:08 GMT
Brilliant #
By Bevan Giles-Gash Posted Friday 30th November 2007 10:24 GMT
A bit fuzzy still... #
By mark Posted Friday 30th November 2007 15:11 GMT