A new version of Beyond411 for the Storm is now available at http://thebogles.com/storm/berry411.jad

Version 4.31 should [*] enable Blackberry Storm users to use GPS. It also fixes a bug on the plugins settings screen in which buttons were not clickable.

[*] I don’t have an actual storm, so I have only been able to test on a simulator.

Update: Unfortunately, there have been numerous issues running on the real Storm which I can’t reproduce on the simulator. I’m going to have to put Storm development on hold unless the simulator becomes more accurate or unless RIM or somebody is kind enough to loan me a Storm to verify on.

I stumbled on this thread on the Blackberry support forums which includes the particular magical LocationProvider criteria needed to make GPS work on the Storm:

     Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
     criteria.setPreferredPowerConsumption(Criteria.POWER_USAGE_MEDIUM);
     criteria.setPreferredResponseTime(16);
     criteria.setHorizontalAccuracy(100);
     criteria.setCostAllowed(false);