Motorola V265 / V266 / V276

GPS and Location Based Service

Nov 7, 2004, 1:58 PM

Motorola touts this phone as being compatible with LBS (Location Based Service) via subscription. My research has thus-far revealed companies providing LBS are doing so via J2ME (Java, Mobile Edition). Since VZW uses BREW, how will LBS work? Also, if VZW only supports BREW over Java, then I wonder what other aspect of the phone makes it so special that it can support LBS, as third-party LBS providers claim support for other phones, too.

Insights?

Thanks.

Scott

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bofis

Nov 7, 2004, 7:07 PM

Well it appears there is LBS for BREW, so that could be what Verizon will use for it...I guess it's time for a trip down to a VXW store to try downloading some program on a V265 and see if I can figure out how to use this rarely-talked-about feature that seems really cool to me.

Here's the link for the BREW LBS:
http://www.mamlambo.com/mdn/archives/000184.html »

--Dan