Cool Mobile Applications: Google Maps Mobile
If you have a cell phone with Java support and internet access (unlimited data plan is highly recommended) you need to check out the Google Maps Mobile application. It can be a little bit slow, but the really cool thing about it is that it has a GPS-type function, called My Location, that triangulates your location based on your cell phone signal and the cell towers. Of course, it has all of the standard Google Maps stuff, including satellite view, directions, etc.
My only gripe about it is that it won’t hook in with your address book (locally on the phone, or your GMail contacts) and sync address information or routes that you set up on your computer and want on your phone.
Here is a video with more information on the My Location feature:
Note: Debranding my w580 makes running this application and others a lot easier, because it removes the locks that AT&T puts on the phone for data usage. You can read more about it here.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
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