Know where you stand, even when you’re on the move. Many BlackBerry® smartphones feature GPS (global positioning system) capabilities that work with BlackBerry® Maps and other location-based applications¹. Use GPS on your BlackBerry smartphone to pinpoint your location, and get turn-by-turn directions to restaurants, businesses and other destinations.
* Plan and view routes
* Build a list of favourite locations for easy reference
* Get more from social networking sites and location-based mobile games
You can use GPS technology on your BlackBerry device to get your GPS location and toi use location-based applications and location-based services
Location-based application can use your GPS location to provivide you with other location-based information. For example, a location-based application could use your GPS location to provide you with driving directions.
if your device does not have an internal GPS receiver or your wireless service provider does not support location-based service and you want to use GPS technology, you can pair your BlackBerry device with a Bluetooth enabled GPS receiver.
Turn on GPS Technology
Depending on your wireless service provider, the GPS options that appear on your BlackBerry device might differ slightly from the options that appear in this task.
Step 1: From the home screen go to Options
Step 2: Click Advanced Options
Step 3: Click GPS
Step 4: Chane the GPS Services field to Location On.
Step 5: Press the [Menu] key
Step 6: Click Save
Step 7: To turn off GPS technology, change the GPS Services field to Location Off.
GPS Business Advantage
For your business, BlackBerry smartphones with GPS capabilities works with Location-Based Services (LBS) to support employee and resource tracking, dispatching and more.
- Team Transport streamlines dispatching process using GPS navigation capabilities of BlackBerry devices.
- Safelite Autoglass enhances productivity with BlackBerry smartphones by deploying dispatching, GPS tracking, mobile printing and more.
- Paulding County School District in Georgia uses the BlackBerry smartphone for GPS tracking of school buses in the county.