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Bell to interfere with GPS?
Posted on September 24, 2008
Speculation is running rampant that Bell plans to interfere with GPS on BlackBerry mobile phone devices in the near future. The rapidy spreading rumour says that in the coming weeks Bell will cause users of free GPS mapping applications (Google maps, or BlackBerry maps, for example) to experience GPS lock times of 2 to 10 minutes, up from the 15 to 20 seconds usually experienced. Users will be able to spend $10/month to regain access to high speed GPS locks by subscribing to Bell s own GPS service, called GPS Nav.Assisted GPS, which is the technology used by today s GPS handsets, can m...
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