In an attempt to get the very alpha/beta version of Brightkite Mobile working today I attempted to use the Blackberry Maps application on my Blackberry Curve 8320. The app in itself looks and works fine, its just when you come to try to get it to retrieve your location from your GPS where it fails!The Brightkite Mobile application is in its very early stages but basically it has 2 features.
1) It will query the GPS and when it reaches within 50m of one of your placemarks it will check you in.
2) From within Blackberry Maps you can go to the menu and check in from your current location.
With these 2 options, posting photos via email and using the mobile website to post notes you can just about get by. Well you would be able to if it werent for the damn problem I discovered today where Blackberry Maps just refused to talk to my GPS. The phone itself communicates fine with the GPS, so does Google Maps! I've no idea why Blackberry Maps would not work, it did work on one occasion and seemed fine once it connected, but 90% of the time it just sits there and displayes "Searching for satellites..." Grrrr, so annoying.
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Cool. Is your alpha/beta version of Brightkite Mobile available for download? I have had that problem with Blackberry Maps before and taking the battery out and putting back in solved it. I would love to try the app out if you want a tester email me.
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