[cdysthe]

Hi,

I recently got a BB 8800. Naturally I want to use the built in GPS capabilities, so I have been going through all the options out there both free and commercial. The last one I thought I should give a whirl was InfoSpace Find It! I haven't seen much hype around it so I thought it would be something I would dismiss after some initial testing. Not so! The interface is very simple and fast. It does a few things, but does it to perfection! It has voice directions. It remembers locations. It has super-fast mapping and finds local services very fast. You can even dial your search results directly from the interface. This is one of those apps that you just start using without looking back. Late last week it took me through Chicago traffic to a meeting I thought I would be late for. Yesterday it took me from Oakland back to SFO without problems and picked a nice Chinese restaurant close to my route in the outskirts of San Francisco.

I have tried Yahoo! Go which is OK but slow and bloated. I hate the fact that you can't get rid of the stuff you do not need in that application. You have to have a Flickr widgets taking up space simply because Yahoo! owns the service. And it comes with Yahoo! Mail when the Blackberry BIS has phenomenal native support for this web mail service. I wish Yahoo! could have a mapping application like Google but they don't.

Google map is the one I have been using most in the past, but for some reason I have problems with it on my 8800. However, The InfoSpace application blows the socks off Google Maps anyway in my opinion.

The few things I wish Find It! had are:
- Location bookmarks (It remembers locations, so it's not a biggie)
- Traffic information
- The option to edit the location based categories.

With the three things above included it would be one of those very few applications I would call perfect.

It's nice when surprises like that happens. It's not very often!

//C

[JRSCCivic98]

Good info, sounds like it turned your 8800 into an iPhone. BTW, what's it cost? You left that part out... also, how about a link.

Damn, I wish I could use this on my VZW 8830.

[mjp3475]

OTA: InfoSpace Find It! for BlackBerry

Still waiting for Mr. USPS to deliver my GPS puck, but looks intriguing -- esp since there's no mention of licensing, cost, fees, etc.

[buggle_96]

Originally Posted by mjp3475

OTA: InfoSpace Find It! for BlackBerry

Still waiting for Mr. USPS to deliver my GPS puck, but looks intriguing -- esp since there's no mention of licensing, cost, fees, etc.

Only works with internal GPS. I too wish they would get this to work with ext pucks, I would like to try it with my 8100.

[musiclee@verizon.net]

no external pucks on 8100?
that sux, i'm gonna give it a try anyway

[nimocone]

No costs involved. Free, free, free!

[buggle_96]

Originally Posted by musiclee@verizon.net

no external pucks on 8100?
that sux, i'm gonna give it a try anyway

Well yes, but ext pucks dont work with infospace

[JRSCCivic98]

Am I missing something here? Does the carrier choice you make have to do with whether or not you get GPS options in the program or are all versions the same? I find no settings in the program for GPS even though I'm on an VZW 8830, but I expected it to just act similar to Google Maps I guess.

Can you guys with working GPS and using InfoSpace go to Options in the program and About. Post here what it says on that screen please.

[CBR900RR]

When info space first start up, it use my 8800 internal GPS to locate my location, and that's it, the rest of the program have nothing to do with the GPS. etc when I enter a to and from route, I don't have any indiacation of where I am at on the map, the voice turn to turn prompt, I need to hit next to get the voice prompt, it is just like running google local without GPS, am I missing any thing on this program?

This is the instruction from info space to use the map feature.

[CBR900RR]

v1.4.0
8800 OffNet BB BIS trace on
2007-07-31-12:37:49
ctweb
AdapterV1_4

Can you guys with working GPS and using InfoSpace go to Options in the program and About. Post here what it says on that screen please.

[JRSCCivic98]

Originally Posted by CBR900RR

v1.4.0
8800 OffNet BB BIS trace on
2007-07-31-12:37:49
ctweb
AdapterV1_4

Huh, mine said BIS trace off. I wonder if this is the GPS indication or not.

[jkukura]

GPS does not work with a Puck. Bummer for us Verzion users

[agilitysteve]

I've tried all morning using various methods to no avail to get this program on my 8800.
Can someone please tell me how to download this to my 8800?

Thanks,
Steve

[Klotar]

I installed InfoSpace Find It! today, and found it seems to be US-only. That said, using the GPS within the application found my location and displayed it on a map.

Unfortunately, I have no nearby restaurants, theatres, shops, etc., I knew I lived in a remote location...!

If I hadn't been able to see myself on the map, my first reaction would be that I had my connection settings incorrect, but now I'm leaning towards most other countries are filtered out to speed up searches. The website for InfoSpace Find It! indicates North America, rather than USA only, so perhaps I didn't play with the settings long enough.

It does appear to be a nicely writting application though (regardless of whether it works for me personally or not).

[JRSCCivic98]

Originally Posted by agilitysteve

I've tried all morning using various methods to no avail to get this program on my 8800.
Can someone please tell me how to download this to my 8800?

Thanks,
Steve

Open up your Internet Browser on your BB. Go to bb.infospace.com/rim then follow the onscreen prompts.

[ElCamino]

I have the Sprint 8830 and the internal GPS will not work with infospace. It doesn't give me the option for GPS. Under option and about it shows trace off.

[jibi]

Originally Posted by cdysthe

The few things I wish Find It! had are:
- Location bookmarks (It remembers locations, so it's not a biggie)
- Traffic information
- The option to edit the location based categories.

Hands down the best free application for the BlackBerry 8800 series devices, but the one thing extra I'd add would be trigger-updated GPS locations. Honestly, when I used my 8800, I found myself using Find It! while on the road more often than not. That wasn't very helpful when trying to get updated directions when I was already 2 miles from where I was when I opened the application.

[CBR900RR]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8800/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

JIBI, when you said getting updated direction, do you have to exit the app and restart it.

[klmsu19]

Originally Posted by ElCamino

I have the Sprint 8830 and the internal GPS will not work with infospace. It doesn't give me the option for GPS. Under option and about it shows trace off.

i had the same problem. delete the infospace app, go to the weblink again, select sprint, but then select 8800 NOT 8830. then the app will start and ask you permssion to access gps and voila

they must have the 8830 version set up for verizon where internal gps doesnt work so they dont look for it.


Yeh overall if the app follow your gps position itd be great but its kinda useless if it doesnt follow you while driving compared to telenav and others that follow you and talk and update where ever you go

[secrecyguy]

That sucks it doesn't work with the external GPS puck. Oh well...

I give it a try when I get the 8300 end of September for T-mobile.