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[Journey]

So I have current Verizon Blackberry Curve 8330, on which the GPS is so crippled that it mostly works only with VZ Navigator.

Any word on what they will do to the iPhone?

[scorpiodsu]

iPhone on AT&T doesn't use true GPS unless paid for as well. It uses aGPS which does not access satellites directly. So it uses cell towers and wifi hotspots to get info. So if you want true GPS like the Garmin app you will have to pay.

[Tennessee]

Originally Posted by Journey

So I have current Verizon Blackberry Curve 8330, on which the GPS is so crippled that it mostly works only with VZ Navigator.

Any word on what they will do to the iPhone?

They did not do it to the storm or any of the droids, so why would they.

[kch50428]

Good grief, from where are people pulling some of this crap?

I'm starting to wonder if AT&T hasn't hired people to spread FUD - fear, uncertainty, doubt....

[scorpiodsu]

Originally Posted by Bkuester

They did not do it to the storm or any of the droids, so why would they.

Storm does not have native true GPS on VZW. It uses aGPS. And then don't do it on the droids because google offers free real navigation on their phones via google maps/nagivation

[starbird]

I think this is what the original poster was referring to.

Verizon confirms that aGPS on the Pre Plus is locked down

I am a pre owner, for the next 7 days, anyway, and can confirm it is true.

I am sure that they worked with Apple on this. They solved it, it seems, for Android, I can't imagine them telling Apple tough on this one.

[Machine Gunapple]

I can't imagine apple would let them!

[CubanoGT]

Well I just called to comfirm my order went thru since on my account it still says I'm eligible for an upgrade still... So! ;P

[mcdan333]

Originally Posted by scorpiodsu

iPhone on AT&T doesn't use true GPS unless paid for as well. It uses aGPS which does not access satellites directly. So it uses cell towers and wifi hotspots to get info. So if you want true GPS like the Garmin app you will have to pay.

Not sure where you got this info, but it is false. aGPS *does* access satellites directly. The "a" means "assisted", which uses some other means (usually cell tower triangulation) to improve startup signal acquisition. After startup, it works just like a normal GPS receiver.

AT&T does not charge anything extra for full satellite GPS. Nor would Apple allow such crippling of their hardware, as a previous poster mentioned.

[ericsmcdonald]

Originally Posted by mcdan333

Nor would Apple allow such crippling of their hardware, as a previous poster mentioned.

Careful of your wording. Apple would never allow a carrier to cripple its hardware. However, Apple certainly does its best to control how its own hardware works, otherwise there would be no unlocking