[andi3132]

Hi!

I used to be a fan of Google maps 2.0 on my At&T HTC 8525, it always worked the way it was supposed. It used the cellphone network to find me and put the blue dot "the locator" near my location in a few seconds.
I changed carriers on May 2009 and bought a Verizon XV6700 (I believe it's also called the Apache, it may be made by Audiovox or HTC, I'm not sure). They are REALLY, REALLY similar. Some cosmetic differences and button location but it's 95% identical. Also, they both use WM5.
When I tried to migrate all my apps i realized that Google maps is now version 3.0, it looks kinda similar to my the 2.0 version BUT the blue dot locator no longer works. I even tried to rollback to version 2.0 and it still does not work.
On my quest to see what can be done, I found a similar applicattion.
I downloaded Windows live and it has a LOT more info available.... their version of the Blue DOT locator does not work either, but it does remember the last location searched.
This lead me to believe that either the Verizon network does not support this kind of applicattions, or the phone itslef is not capable of making them work fully t the way it's intended. Maybe just Verizon want to sell their turn by turn app @ $10.00 per month, I'm not sure why it works on AT&T and not Verizon.
I have a Bluetooth Tom Tom GPS transmitter and after some setup and finaggling with the COM ports... is finally configured to work with the TOM TOM Navigator 5.1 software I already had, OR the Google Maps, OR the Windows live Search App.
With the external Bluetooth GPS transmitter I can use Google maps or Live search as they should be, EVERYTHING works 100%.... But I'm kind of liking Live search more as it remembers the last location.. and there are different categories, sub categories, movies menu, and so on, that I can actually use, even without the GPS transmitter turned on.
The main menu in W Live Search looks more useful than the opening map in Google maps (that is ALWAYS in San Francisco), but that's just my personal

Anyway Those are my two cents.
Angel
Orlando Fl