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What kind of navigation system does the original Pearl have available?..
Asking for a family member, here. I told her to call customer service, but I doubt she has. She tried setting up Tele-Nav (or something - is that it?) and couldn't get it to work... Will she need to pay extra for it?...
Thanks.
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shenanigans
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Only Blackberry devices ending in 20 have GPS available. (For example: The 8100 and the 8110 do not have GPS, but the 8120 does.)
AT&T Navigator (also known as Telenav) is a turn-by-turn GPS directions application. I think it's $9.99 per month, although when my Dad tried it out he got the first month for free.
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shenanigans
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Whoops, you're right.
And to the OP:
GPS is hardware. You can either have GPS built-in to a device or buy an external GPS device.
To use that hardware, you need software. AT&T Navigator is one of the many GPS applications available. You may have also heard of TomTom or even Google Maps. Most turn-by-turn systems are subscription-based, but just maps like Google Maps are usually free.
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cmrunner83
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Shenanigans, are you saying she could subscribe to get Google Maps on her Blackberry and it would be free?..
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Google Maps is something you can download to your Blackberry that will utilize GPS if it is present. It does not provide voice turn-by-turn directions, but is a great freeware map tool. Something like AT&T Navigator will actually read out the directions to a location. Google Maps will not do that.
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