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12/23/09
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9/6/09 - GPSLogger
8/31/09-
Gokivo
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Compass
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Watchberry
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LiveTracker
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TopoExplorer
5/2/09 - Blackstar
5/2/09 - Loopt
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EveryTrail
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TransportLines
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Maufait InstaFind
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Map My
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LifeInPocket
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My Location
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BBTrips
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BB GPS Golf
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MyGeoDiary
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GeoBerry
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My
Mileage Genie
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Car Finder
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If you are new to
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AAA Mobile $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 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.
Be Prompt http://www.proxpro.com/Prompt.html FREE. Proxpro Prompt (beta) provides a real-time picture of your next journey before you’ve even set off. It calculates the optimum route and consults real-time traffic conditions, so traffic never catches you by surprise. Fused with the BlackBerry calendar and GPS Proxpro’s patent pending technology is ultra practical and easy to use. Available in the USA on the following BlackBerry devices: 8800, 8830, 8820, 8310 and 8130
Berryvine Companion http://www.berryvine.com/details.asp?id=BVC Review by Blackberryinsight.com $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.
Garmin Mobile 5.0 http://www8.garmin.com/mobile/blackberry/ $99 device lifetime
http://www.gokivo.com/blackberry/features.html http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/search/gokivo FREE. "Based on integrated premium real-time content, Gokivo Navigator transforms your mobile phone into a superior navigation device. No longer is it necessary to wait until you turn on your car for directions or carry an extra device that is only usable in your car. Always in the palm of your hand is a personalized travel guide that can share geo-coded messages with your friends and family." You can access traffic info, movie times, weather information, and POI searches.
Google Maps http://www.google.com/gmm/index.htm FREE. Real-time traffic, Detailed directions, Integrated search results, Easily movable maps, Satellite imagery. GoogleMaps now has Lattitude for location-based social networking.
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http://mobile.roadcomm.com/index.html FREE. "Adds iPhone features plus GPS, Navigation, Location Instant Message, Sync capability and much more to your phone free of any charge to you."
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 $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.
Spot http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/ $49.00 total. Doesn't give turn by turn directions. Primarily for hiking.
TeleNav $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 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.
Wayfinder http://www.wayfinder.com/?sid=53 $99.00 total. Recommended for travel in Europe.
Webraska Navigator "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 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." |
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AccuTracking AccuTracking software turns your Motorola iDEN cell phones, RIM BlackBerry phones, or Windows Mobile PocketPC phones carried by Nextel, Boost Mobile, AT&T(Cingular), SouthernLINC or Telus MIKE (Canada) into a GPS tracking device.
Blip http://www.blacklinegps.com/products/downloadable-applications.html FREE. It is an application that tells you where people in your social circle are located. Track friends via BB Maps or on the web.
e-Mobile GPS Tracker Track locations in real-time, capture favorite vacation routes, scenic spots with personalized notes, photos, replay in Google Earth and share with friends
http://www.emacberry.com/gpslogger.html "GPSLogger is a pretty straightforward application. It records your physical movement on your BB device over time, including elevation, speed, and some additional data. GPSLogger can also direct you to a location that you either entered manually or have previously recorded. This is the "Guide me Home" function, which makes GPSLogger usable for Geocaching. As extended functionality to the "Guide Me Home" feature since v1.5 a very easy to use outdoor navigation is integrated into GPSLogger also"
gps2go gps2go sends your current World position from your Blackberry GPS phone to show your friends or family. Your phone will send your current geographical location so it can be viewed through a web page. No data plan required but you should have unlimited emails or an email plan.
InstaMapper FREE. InstaMapper is a free GPS tracking service. Track vehicles or other objects online in real-time using inexpensive cell phones [ quick demo ].
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http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/livetracker.html FREE. The LiveTracker mobile client can be installed on any BlackBerry® mobile phone and sends out location data to our Skylab GPS server. Free: No registration, no hidden fees for personal use. Background Tracking: GPS location data is sent in background 24/7. Easy Sharing: Send tracking links via EMail, PIN, SMS, MMS. Live Web Tracking: View location on the web on maps. Live Desktop Tracking: 3D world tracking
FREE. Map My Tracks turns your mobile cell phone into your personal real-time GPS tracking device. Using a mobile cell phone with built-in GPS or an external GPS receiver you can map and track your location in real-time. Map My Tracks is great for bringing a new insight into your sporting activity, it provides a competitive edge and makes training fun. Map My Tracks let your friends, competitors or parents know where you are right now."
Mobile GMaps http://www.mgmaps.com/download.php FREE.
http://www.microhill.com/product-mylocation.asp FREE. This application reports its current locations to the Web Server regularly and the Server publishes the information to the phone owner and other recipients (chosen by the owner of the phone), so that they can know where the phone owner is and where he/she has been.
Mologogo FREE. I can't get this to work on AT&T. Looks like it is Nextel compatible only.
TeleNav Track $9.99/month
http://www.transportlines.com/ FREE. GPS Tracking software for Blackberry devices. Utilizes Google Maps. "Get Your Own Dedicated Tracking Server for $199.00 USD per Month"
http://www.watchoverme.co.uk/Main/Watchberry £2/month. Trial available. "Features include: Continuous 24/7 tracking of your mobile phones location using a Global Positioning System (GPS), Support for most Blackberry devices with either an internal GPS receiver or connected via a Bluetooth GPS receiver. High accuracy (typically < 15 meters) due to GPS support. Far superior than inaccurate cell tower tracking as we can tell what side of the road you are driving! Position reporting back our tracking servers may be set at configured time intervals, for example, send your position every 10 minutes. Information assurance is provided as your position reports are stored until they can be transmitted to our tracking servers. Last GPS position displayed on screen. Unlimited tracking reports."
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."
Whereboutz FREE. "Find out where your friends are on Facebook or your cell phone." |
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Geocaching, Social Networking & Trip Tracking
BBPlaces FREE. "bbPlaces is a new revolutionary application designed for BlackBerry® devices with which you can geoposition places in the easiest way. As easy and shoot, classify and done! In just two steps you will create your own bbPlace."
$4.99 and up. BerrySki is the first fully offline GPS ski maps App for BlackBerry with analytics for skiers and snowboarders in North America and Europe(coming soon.) Blackstar Navigation http://www.blackstarnavigation.com/ FREE. It is a waypoint management and straight line navigation application for blackberries. It is designed with geocaching in mind, but not limiting itself to geocaching. Many users are hunters, fishermen, etc.
Cacheberry $14.95 total. With CacheBerry you can use your BlackBerry device to carry and view your geocaching.com Pocket Queries and GPX files.
e-Mobile GPS Tracker $26.95 total. Track locations in real-time, capture favorite vacation routes, scenic spots with personalized notes, photos, replay in Google Earth and share with friends
FREE. Currently in BETA testing for the Blackberry Curve only. "With this geotracking application, you can record your movements, take geotagged photos and immediately upload it all to EveryTrail, the leading online community for travel storytelling."
GPSed FREE. Map GPS tracks from your mobile and keep them in a personal archive, pin your photos to a map with one-click geotagging feature, and hare your position and tracks with friends and family.
FREE. Shows current GPS location at all times (when satellite available), Allows the addition of Cache’s which have a name, GPS location, a “Found” flag and allow notes to be added. As many of these as you want can be added. Allows the addition of WayPoints per Cache. Basically every Cache can have as many Way Points associated with it. Way Points, like Cache’s have a name, GPS location and notes. Shows your current distance and bearing (with regards to North) from your current location to your selected Cache or Way Point at real time. Shows a visual, scaled view of your distance and Bearing from your current location to your Cache or Way Point. Allows you to enter coordinates as Dec.Dec or Deg.Dec like other GPS’ and GeoCache sites. (DegDec is entered as Deg.Dec.Dec, eg 56 degrees, 44.56 minutes would be 56.44.56)
Google Maps http://www.google.com/gmm/index.htm FREE. Real-time traffic, Detailed directions, Integrated search results, Easily movable maps, Satellite imagery. GoogleMaps now has Lattitude for location-based social networking. |
http://www.loopt.com/phones/blackberry FREE. With Loopt, turn your BlackBerry® into a social compass. See where your friends are and what they’re doing without having to call or text. Connect on the fly, share photos and tips on cool places. If you want, share your information with Facebook. You can always change your privacy settings if you don’t want to be found
MapWithUS FREE. Available for Sprint only. Create your own personal maps, tag photos, share and collaborate on-line.
Mobile Tracker http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/mobiletracker_blackberry.html $24.00 total. Records a tracklog. Elevation & time can be tracked. Configurable timespan between positions. Extensive statistical information. Has Photo Support.
http://www.abaq.us/oeg/site/product.html FREE. Abaqus MyGeoDiary is a service which enables users to easily Record, Annotate, Organize and Share their personal geo-data on the Next Generation Web. The Next Generation Web, also referred to as the GeoSpatial Web, will closely integrate the 'physical world' with the 'online web' based on the easy availability of the underlying 'geographic' data. This aspect of the Next generation web has started to impact everything from consumer devices, network infrastructure to end-user applications.
SpotJots FREE. Keep a real-time journal of your life using audio, video, and photos, Let friends know where you're at and what you're doing, See where your friends are and what they’re up to, Send your jots and get friend updates via your mobile phone, Publish your jots to your other online accounts like Facebook, Blogger, and Twitter, Discover new people and places through the SpotJots community.
http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/topoexplorer_blackberry.html FREE. With TopoExplorer you will discover your surroundings on topographic maps even in remote areas assisted by GPS and without the need of the wireless network connection. Offline Maps - No wireless network connection needed. Shows GPS position in different coordinate systems. Large map support from memory card. Free map packs cover most areas already. Detailed map packs for more detailed coverage.
TrekBuddy FREE. Allows you to use stored maps. You can enter long/lat coordinates and navigate to them. Works fine on BB Curve 8310.
Trimble Pricing. http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/b4bb-desk-to AllSport GPS for fitness training and performance tracking Geocache Navigator for geocaching. Trimble Outdoors for outdoor trip planning, GPS navigation and trip journaling.
Geocaching Links The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
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FREE. Blackberry Golf Application. "uses Google Maps to get the GPS cords for the Front, Middle, and Back of the green... then save that information into an XML file and update the main course list xml file."
Berry Locator http://www.mobireport.com/apps/bl/ $4.95. Berry Locator helps you locate and recover your lost BlackBerry by simply sending an email. Even better, a map will be sent for GPS devices.
FREE. Uses GPS to help you find your car.
When you get out of your car, the program allows you to save
this position and will guide you back to it later.
http://www.blueinc.ca/BlackBerryApps/CompassandCompassLite/tabid/459/Default.aspx
$0.99. "This wonderful 'Ancient Mariner'
compass, built for the BlackBerry Storm 9530 and
the Tour 9630, uses the built-in GPS in the
device to show your line of travel, speed, latitude and
longitude and where North is in relation to your heading."
GetItBack
http://www.conveniencesoftware.com/getitback.html
$4.99. GetItBack
helps you find your lost BlackBerry! New features include:
Custom Ring, GPS Email Back, Auto-Callback, and Stolen
Alarm. New version coming in 2009.
Golf Traxx
GolfTraxx is a database
which contains hole-by-hole information for over 21,500
courses across the globe, which can be downloaded to PDA
devices via GPRS or WIFI access (voice-enabled.) |
Location Based Services Website http://www.lbszone.com/component/option,com_ Has some great software downloads. Requires free sign-up.
http://www.convergewireless.com/public_html/ $59.95 CAD. This is the FIRST Blackberry® application to truly automate mileage tracking and reporting in North America. The application uses autonomous GPS technology built right into the Blackberry® Smartphone. MyMileageGenie promises to simplify logging business travel (miles or kilometers) when using a personal vehicle, and eliminate having to fuss with old paper logs or spreadsheets
Trapster http://www.trapster.com/index.php FREE. Your mobile phone alerts you as you approach police speed traps.
GPS Report - 2009 http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2009/02/20/blackberry-and-gps-2009-edition/
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."
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Beyond411 http://thebogles.com/berry/beyond411 FREE. OTA (formerly Berry 411 - Search w/GPS) "Beyond411 is the fastest way to look up business listings, driving directions, and web pages on your Blackberry. It can even search based on your exact location using GPS."
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My Poynt FREE. "Poynt is an all-in-one tool that gives you way more than an address and phone number! See your search results on an interactive map, get turn-by-turn driving directions, see show times, watch movie trailers and buy movie tickets all on Poynt."
Tell Me FREE. "With Tellme on your mobile phone, you can find the nearest businesses based on your GPS location** and also get maps, directions, and traffic information right on your screen! Just say it and see it.
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." Yahoo! Go: FREE. 2.0.69 - OTA (Portal w/GPS) FREE. 3.0.06 (Beta) - OTA (Portal w/GPS) Send an email, upload photos, download a map, search for answers, check stock quotes, or get breaking news. Runs very slow on my 8310. |
Blackberry GPS Forums and News
http://forums.crackberry.com/f41/
http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/f157-blackberry_gps.html
http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2006/05/18/blackberry-and-gps/
http://www.miblackberry.com/?s=gps
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