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Here is a list of paid and free GPS navigational software for your mobile/cell phone:
AAA Mobile
http://www.AAA.com/AAAMobile
$9.99/month. "AAA Mobile will transmit your GPS location data to AAA directly from your wireless phone. Get clear, audible turn-by-turn navigation with automatic rerouting. Search for and view detailed AAA TourBook® travel guide information, Show Your Card & Save® merchant listings, Approved Auto Repair® locations and AAA branch offices – all based on the GPS location of your wireless phone. Display a map of your current location, including pan and zoom capabilities. Save addresses, recent search results and AAA listings for quick access."

amAze GPS
http://www.amazegps.com
OTA link
Reviews
FREE. Wide coverage of detailed maps in Europe, North America, Australia, parts of Africa and Asia. Has detailed street map superimposed over a detailed satellite image. Voice Commands.

Berryvine Companion
http://www.berryvine.com/details.asp?id=BVC
$99.95/year "View color maps of their current location, with full zoom and pan functionality. Look up nearby points of interest (POI's), Calculate traveling routes with detailed step-by-step directions on how to get there and the possibility to view color maps of each step."

Blackberry Maps
http://www.blackberry.com/maps

FREE. No POIs, no 3D navigation - just text for directions,
no voice commands. AT&T has blocked this application in
BB OS ver 4.2.

CoPilot LIVE - Available soon?
http://www.alk.com/copilot/
Maps are stored on your Blackberry. This is the only software I have found that offers this "on-board" capability.

Garmin Mobile 3.0
http://www8.garmin.com/mobile/blackberry/
$9.99/month.

GetMeThere - UK
http://www.getmethere.co.uk
£1/use. For UK only.

Google Maps
http://www.google.com/gmm/index.htm
FREE. Real-time traffic, Detailed directions, Integrated search results, Easily movable maps, Satellite imagery

InfoSpace Find It!
http://blackberry.infospace.com/
FREE for basic version. Use Infospace Find It! to access the one stop local search when out on the town, traveling on business or planning day to day activities.

Mapquest Navigator
http://www.mapquest.com/mobile/
$49.99/year. 'In-Car GPS Navigation, In the Palm of Your Hand! Get the convenience and security of GPS navigation on your cell phone! MapQuest Navigator 5.0 turns your GPS-enabled wireless smartphone into a fully featured voice-guided navigation system with Real-Time Traffic and AOL City's Best ratings built right in"

Navizon
http://www.navizon.com/navizon-blackberry-virtual-GPS.htm
$24.99 total. What makes Navizon even more exciting is that a GPS device is not even required to benefit from these very useful features. By using wireless signals triangulation, Navizon’s Virtual-GPS is able to spot your location on a map thereby enabling a myriad of Location Based services on your phone.

Nav4All
http://www.nav4all.com/site2/www.nav4all.com/eng/index.php
FREE. "You'll never lose your way again and you'll always know where you and your friends are located.You get access to over 1 billion addresses on MyWorld, including Yellow Pages, phonebooks, etc. While you're on the road you can easily save an interesting location by pressing one button. Or you can take a picture which will be instantly visible on a map on the Myworld website."

PTV NaviGuide
(Maps`n`directions 4 BlackBerry)
http://www.english.ptv.de/cgi-bin/mobility/mob_naviguide.pl

Spot
http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/
$49.00 total.
Doesn't give turn by turn directions. Primarily for hiking.

TeleNav
http://www.telenav.com
Review by CNET.com
Review by Businessweek.com
$9.99/month. Easy Menu Navigation, can use your BB address book as POIs. Voice messages include the name of the street. "Turn left on Broad Street" Latest version has 3D and 2D moving map option. This is very similar to what you see from TomTom. New features added in v5.5 are as follows: Navigation: Nighttime Mode, Directory Search: Ratings & Reviews, Speak in Search, Maps: Saved Commute Maps, Other: Shared Address, Speak in Address, Commute Traffic Alerts, Weather.

Telmap
http://www.telmap.com
Downloads total route in a single download instead of constantly downloading during the trip. Nice Graphics. Menus not as easy as TeleNav. Does not say the name of the street. Telmap brands their software for Mapquest and Boost Navigator.

Veripath Navigator
https://veripath.us/store/app?service=page/ViewFeatures
"A full-featured and affordable Voice and GPS-based Navigation application for mobile devices (mobile phones, PDAs, BlackberryTM, etc.). Now with Traffic Avoidance!"

Wayfinder
http://www.wayfinder.com/?sid=53
$99.00 total.
Recommended for travel in Europe.

Webraska Navigator
http://www.webraska.com/
OTA
"Webraska Navigation is a GPS assisted road navigation software for mobile devices providing traffic optimized routing and speed camera alerts, 2D and 3D clear maps as well as GPS-triggered precise voice instructions ahead of turns." You can purchase Day Passes if you are visiting a foreign city.

WHERE GPS Widgets
http://www.where.com/jin/widgetlist.jin?order=popular&link=pop
FREE. "WHERE is the easiest and fastest way to get the GPS content you want on your phone. Download WHERE to get a library of FREE widgets that find the hottest events, the best prices, where to get a good sandwich or even your local weather report. Need to find it? Now you know WHERE."
I need your comments and inputs to this index to make it comprehensive. Please suggest more software to this index or just comment if it is of any help to you.


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1 comments

  1. Anonymous  

    May 4, 2008 8:45 AM

    Nice try...a very good index of gps software for mobole phones...keep up the good work!



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