Blackberry Pearl/Curve users - Greenfinder

[joshtpa]

That wasnt Apple, that was At&t.; They raised the price of the data to $30 per. That doesnt include txt either. And obviously no MMS, since it cant do it. I have an Iphone, but just jumped ship to Sprint for the $99 all plan

[Snake]

Yeah, AT&T; pretty much sucks. I'm a telco engineer for a law firm and part of my job responsibilities is managing our attorneys Blackberries. AT&T; is such a pain in the a$$ to deal with. Their customer service is lacking to say the least. Luckily (for me) we are almost exclusively T-Mobile now and their customer service is great. Their network can't compete with AT&T;'s or Verizon's, but they are much easier to work with.

[Guest]

Hey, was curious if you purchased the GreenFinder. I was thinking of buying Sprints 8330 for the same reason.

Thanks

[Klean]

I didn't buy it, went for an Igolf Neo instead. Very happy with the purchase.

[Guest]

I just purchase Greenfinder for my Pearl. Great product, but I would suggest searching courses you play to make sure they are available because the inventory is rather limited. Luckily, most of the courses I play are included which was a huge factor in my decision. I am replacing a Sky Caddie SG4 that I dropped from about 4 inches which never recovered and couldn't see myself spending another $250+ for a repacment. My cell phone is always in the cup holder (sales rep) so really it was a no brainer. Accuracy is going to be dependant on cell phone type and I have found results between the Pearl and buddies SG4 t be within 5 yrds. Sky Caddie only allows 10 course downloads...Green Finder is unlimted (provided a course is mapped). For the $36 bucks per year, really can't be beat as it has all the yardage pinpoints (although n curses to locate pin) as all the standard dedicated models. Give it a try. You can try five downloads at no cost. Christ, the salesman in me is already pushing this product!

[jaragon126]

I just got a BlackBerry Pearl, and 2-3 times a week it gets goofy on me: doesn't show that I have new emails (when I do); won't let me delete emails/messages that I have read; and sometimes shows new emails with emails I've gotten & read YEARS ago.

When I go to Verizon they tell me to take the battery out & put it back in, but should I have to do that once or twice a week?

The phone is set to turn off each night during the week, so it shouldn't get clogged up & gets a fresh start each morning.

Do I need to take it back & get another one? This is annoying ...

[ymerej1881]

I've owned Blackberrys for a few years now, and the battery pull is actually part of the ownership experience. All of the programs begin to sortof layer on top of each other, and it takes a hard boot by pulling out the battery to clean it all up. I had a Pearl for two years and sometimes I would pull 2-3 times a week, other times once or twice a month. Just make sure you always "close" programs when you're done using them, instead of navigating away.

[nhpace]

I use GreenFinder on my BlackBerry Storm (vzw). Its really a great product that has more courses in their library than any other product I have tried on my BB. You can also get it for $19.99 through the BlackBerry site. Highly recommended!

[jaragon126]

Wow, I didn't know the phone would be so crappy that way. I do make sure I "close" programs rather than just backing out of them, and I turned on some sort of "memory clean" feature that I read about somewhere.

My wife has a Motorola q9c smartphone & NEVER has to pull the battery. Any other Pearl users have to do the "battery pull" on a regular basis? I've only had the phone for a couple of weeks ... if it tweaks out on me once again I'm taking it back.

I've owned Blackberrys for a few years now, and the battery pull is actually part of the ownership experience. All of the programs begin to sortof layer on top of each other, and it takes a hard boot by pulling out the battery to clean it all up. I had a Pearl for two years and sometimes I would pull 2-3 times a week, other times once or twice a month. Just make sure you always "close" programs when you're done using them, instead of navigating away.

[ymerej1881]

I'm pretty sure the difference is in push technology (which Apple people are just getting this summer with the new os for the iphone). Your BB is in constant contact with your email host and other things where other phones just go out every few minutes and check your email. The benefit is you get your updates immediately (sometimes I get email on my BB before it even hits my inbox on my computer), the drawback is that it needs a fresh reboot every once in a while...just like your home computer does.

If you don't want to actually pull your battery out every once in a while, look in the app section for a program called "battery pull" or something to that effect. It resets your device and clears used memory for you without having to pull the back cover off.

[Comeback City]

Anyone with any experience with a Windows Mobile GPS program? I have a Samsung Blackjack2 and the GPS feature in Google Maps is a little all over the place (a lot of times it will pinpoint my location within 800 or 1300 yards...ridiculous)...

I'm not sure if that's because I have Google Maps, which is a free program. Any other programs out there like IntelliGolf?

[VOX]

I use it on my curve and it works great. One warning, it does not work with Verizon.

[jaragon126]

Very weird, some Verizon people say it works, some say it doesn't.

I think I'm going to install it tomorrow on my Verizon Blackberry Pearl & see if it works for me. I went to the GreenFinder website and all the courses I play are mapped so hopefully it'll work for me!

[cirem22]

I have blackberry curve with greenfinder. It works really well, sometimes im within 1 yard of the course markers. When compared yardage to others skycaddy , mine is always the same or 1 yard off. For $35 the whole year i don't think it can be beat.

[jaragon126]

Well Greenfinder didn't work for my Verizon Blackberry Pearl. When I launch it I get a message saying "GPS is not supported on this platform, exiting ..." then just shuts down.

Are there any GPS apps that work with Verizon?

[wscato]

Only Verizon Blackberry devices that have an open GPS currently are the Storm and Tour.

[Saint]

Well, got a chance to use it yesterday, and its pretty nice. It tells you were front, center, back, and hazards are, and it will also mark how long your shots are if you want. For what it is, it works well.

[Knockglock]

How much is it? is it a free app?