I saw in another thread where someone uses an app called GPS Tracker. the only software by that name I could find at download.com was for the iphone, not the BB. Does anyone use a GPS tracker app on their blackberry for cycling that provides altitude, speed, distance and in the end provides a map or data document that i can review my ride with ?

thanks in advance.


RD

Go take a look at www.crackberry.com and/or www.blackberryforums.com

They will be able to get you going.

Blackstar + mapmyride.com work really well. Thats what I used before buying a garmin 305.

I use one called sportypal, you have to go the there web site to get the app.https://www.sportypal.com/. My friend uses one called Sanoodi, you can get that one from app world or there web site. https://www.sanoodi.com/ They are both free. Hope that helps you out.

Out of all the free BB apps for GPS tracking that I have used personally; I use GPSed for blackberry, its simple and track pace/mph/dst/time. Pretty much what you need. The .gps file can be converted to a .gpx file which can be uploaded to mapmyride.com for easy workout/ride import. I recommend GPSed as a free BB app.

Whether you can use GPS on your Blackberry depends on whether your carrier is GPS capable, as well.

Just checked the Sportypal capability on BB
here is the list:
BlackBerry 8800
BlackBerry 8820
BlackBerry 8830 World Edition
BlackBerry 8900 Curve
BlackBerry 9000
BlackBerry 9700 Bold
BlackBerry Bold 9000
BlackBerry Bold 9650
BlackBerry Curve 8310
BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100
BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105
BlackBerry Pearl 8110
BlackBerry storm 9500
BlackBerry Storm 9530
BlackBerry storm2 9520
BlackBerry storm2 9550
BlackBerry tour 9630

I use all sports GPS on my BB, works great. the website is Trimble OUtdoors... so if you're into trip planning on your computer, they have a different product.

Here's a ride I did the other day for reference:

https://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/743651

GPSLogger works fine for me, I use it in combination with https://ridewithgps.com/

https://www.emacberry.com/gpslogger.html

And this is the result

https://ridewithgps.com/trips/46782

If you service provider is Verizon be careful they block the GPS on many phones so bike application might not work.

Crackberries seem to be enabled with Verizon. At least my Tour is.

my Curve and Pearl only let the built-in, sucky Blackberry Maps access the GPS. I've heard that Storm is more open; maybe Tour is too