RIM finally catches up to the competition with non-GPS-based BlackBerry ‘Locate Service’

It’s hardly the first company to implement the technology in a smartphone, but it looks like RIM finally has an answer for folks not satisfied with the GPS capabilities of their BlackBerry. It’s now announced the simply-named ‘Locate Service’ for developers, which relies on cell tower triangulation to to either augment the phone’s built-in GPS, or completely replace it when a GPS signal isn’t available. According to RIM, the service also includes a set of components that ” integrate seamlessly” with the BlackBerry Maps and Contacts applications and, of course, the GPS capabilities of the device. There’s still no word on any apps that actually take advantage of the new service though, but it is now at the disposal of developers, so we’re guessing we’ll see some soon enough.

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