+rdwags Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Are there any applications or ways to use a blackberry for geocaching? Just bought one and was wondering. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Echo 5 Hotel Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Are there any applications or ways to use a blackberry for geocaching? Just bought one and was wondering. Thanks. just Cacheberry as of right now, google that and see if ya like it...I dont use it Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum to the GPS and Technology forum. Quote Link to comment
+Marcas_Found Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Trimble has its geocache navigator available for a monthly subscription. If you have a GPS enabled BB, you can their site for compatibility. We use it as a back up to our GPSr to get current logs/data on a cache. Quote Link to comment
+Vegas Gamblers Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 There is Blackstar also. I have it installed on my BB Storm but I have not used it yet. Quote Link to comment
+PhxChem Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I second the use of Geocache Navigator on my BB.....very useful. Quote Link to comment
+lnbjjf Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Are there any applications or ways to use a blackberry for geocaching? Just bought one and was wondering. Thanks. Cacheberry is a great app that stores the whole cache listing, hints decrypted and it also works as a compass for your bb's internal gps. It accepts .gpx files. Great app I have been using it since the initial beta test and it gets better with every update. The beta version gives you 30 days to try and the full licenced is only about 20 with free updates forever. There is also a beta Wherigo player for the bb and cellphones called openwig. Works ok but a lil glitchy but it's free and still in development Quote Link to comment
+Wooden Cyclist Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I have been using Cacheberry since I started Geocaching in February. I gotta say that it works very well for me. I won't go into all of the features and benefits here. Go to the website download the 30 day free trial and read the forums. Quote Link to comment
+ShotgunPR Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I downloaded both BlackStar and CacheBerry. CacheBerry wins hands down! I registered it and has been a lifesafer more than once. Really helpful to have the last logs, hints and cache listings offline when you are in cellphone "deathzones". The ability to log finds using field notes is also a lifesaver when you do a geocaching run and don't remember precisely the find order, specially when in the mountains far away from cell phone/data coverage. Quote Link to comment
+Tenchi-kun Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I've been using Blackstar for the last couple months on my Curve, and with it and gsak to process the PQ's before I import them, things couldn't have been better. Blackstar will show the last 5 logs, hint, etc, as long as they are contained within the gpx file you're importing. Of course, the battery life kinda sucks on the blackberry when using the gps on it, but you win some, you lose some. Quote Link to comment
aplarsen Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 None of these applications works with the onboard GPS Verizon Wireless, correct? I think I have installed them all at least once, and I think I got timeouts when I tried to use the native chipset to get a signal. Quote Link to comment
+baloo&bd Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 None of these applications works with the onboard GPS Verizon Wireless, correct? I think I have installed them all at least once, and I think I got timeouts when I tried to use the native chipset to get a signal. Both work however you cna not use the GPS functionality with VZW. Cacheberry wins hands down. Since I am a VZW customer, I only use it to keep my database in the field, hints , logs, description, hopwever now that I have the Colorado, it may see less use since the laptop is always in the vehicle. Quote Link to comment
+Tenchi-kun Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 None of these applications works with the onboard GPS Verizon Wireless, correct? I think I have installed them all at least once, and I think I got timeouts when I tried to use the native chipset to get a signal. It's not that they don't work, it's that Verizon has crippled the GPS functionality on their blackberries to only work with their approved programs. Quote Link to comment
aplarsen Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 None of these applications works with the onboard GPS Verizon Wireless, correct? I think I have installed them all at least once, and I think I got timeouts when I tried to use the native chipset to get a signal. It's not that they don't work, it's that Verizon has crippled the GPS functionality on their blackberries to only work with their approved programs. Which would mean that they don't work. Quote Link to comment
+Team Loloboto Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Works with the GPS on the blackberry storm. I too have tried both Blackstar and Cacheberry. Cacheberry does everything and does it better than Blackstar for just a small price. Never tried Geocache Navigator from Trimble because of the monthly fee thing! Frig that! If you have the Blackberry Storm on verizon I recommend cacheberry. Quote Link to comment
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