by ATSupport » Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:59 pm
Thank you for the support and valuable feedbacks like web stickers in the many years past. It's indeed very sad to see you leaving.
Sprint phones have the GPS but it's hard for small 3rd-party companies to develop for them due to their different distribution model (than Nextel). All GPS applications need to be signed and approved by them to access the GPS info. To do that, the 3rd-party companies need to enter a "partnership" with them first, and they only partner with big names (Telenav is one). There are many discussions online about this if you are interested.
Hopefully that *would* change in the future when the more voices are heard but according to
their response there is no such plan yet. But do check back here often as we might add other carriers when possible!
Thank you for the support and valuable feedbacks like web stickers in the many years past. It's indeed very sad to see you leaving.
Sprint phones have the GPS but it's hard for small 3rd-party companies to develop for them due to their different distribution model (than Nextel). All GPS applications need to be signed and approved by them to access the GPS info. To do that, the 3rd-party companies need to enter a "partnership" with them first, and they only partner with big names (Telenav is one). There are many discussions online about this if you are interested.
Hopefully that *would* change in the future when the more voices are heard but according to [url=http://developer.sprint.com/show_thread.do?forumId=121&threadid=25422]their response[/url] there is no such plan yet. But do check back here often as we might add other carriers when possible!