Verizon just sent me a notice in the mail about a "FREE software upgrade" for my phone. It updates the operating system from Windows Mobile 6.0 to 6.1 and gives you Rev A data speeds. It also enables the Verizon Navigator application if you wish to pay $10 a month for GPS navigation. And because Verizon is a bitch once you update to this "FREE software upgrade" they lock the GPS functionality for all applications that are not digitally signed by Verizon Wireless. That means the only GPS capability you have is with their $10 a month Verizon Navigator service. This update was available back in August. I received my undated snail mail notice yesterday.
Thankfully I updated back in March to a hacked version of WM6.1 that included fixes of the 6.1 memory leaks, unrestricted GPS capability, and the super fast Rev A wireless data speeds.
In fact I wrote the first post to this blog while waiting on Verizon to reauthenticate my phone after doing the above hack.
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