Finally. A few months ago VZW unlocked the GPS on all 8×30 devices running OS 4.5, but the only application that could use it was BlackBerry Maps.  Since VZW is carrier equivalent of the cranky old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn, that also means that only 2 out of their 3 8×30 devices have OS 4.5 available, the 8130 and 8330.

An official Verizon release of 4.5 for the 8830 won't be out until mid-March, but Bell Mobility has an official release of 4.5.0.127 that will work just fine (delete Vendor.xml).

As of Feb 24, 2009 the latest available official or leaked OS 4.5 releases for CDMA BlackBerrys are:

• 9530: Leaked Beta, 4.7.0.109 (RapidShare, Depositfiles. md5sum: 448b1db51c2121dbd51f70c74775e4e5)
• 8830: Bell Mobility, 4.5.0.127
• 8330: Sprint, 4.5.0.131
• 8130: Sprint, 4.5.0.131

Still no love for the GPS on the Verizon 8×30 devices, but the ball is in Google's court now.

 

Tags: BlackBerry, GPS, OS Releases, Verizon

Posted on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 10:46 am | Filed under Technology
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