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BerryReview Forums Tag: GPS - Recent Topics http://www.berryreview.com/forums/tags/gps Discuss Everything BlackBerry en-US Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:23:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.berryreview.com/forums/search.php Ronen Halevy on "LiveTracker Beta 6 Released – Free Tracking Service Adds Remote Tracking Activation" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/livetracker-beta-6-released-ndash-free-tracking-service-adds-remote-tracking-activation#post-1338 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:54:20 +0000 Ronen Halevy 1338@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img title="http://www.berryreview.co/livetracker" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="187" alt="livetracker" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/livetracker.png" width="http://www.berryreview.co/279" align="right" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /> Skylab let me know that they have updated their free LiveTracker application to allow you to launch the remote tracking control via SMS or when your BlackBerry is rebooted. This is not the biggest upgrade in the beta but I really like the LiveTracker application so I was just looking for an excuse to mention it since the beta started. <img src='http://www.berryreview.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='http://www.berryreview.co/wp-smiley' /> I am not sure how useful the location sharing features will be once BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 is released officially but the tracking features are nice AND FREE! I just wish they would add in cell tower triangulation so it does not always need to use GPS. <ul> <li>Free Download: LiveTracker Mobile is available for free non-commercial use – <a href="http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/livetracker.html#download" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.skylab-mobilesystems.com');" rel="nofollow">download</a>.</li> <li>Free Tracking Server: For storing tracking data we maintain a tracking server – for free.</li> <li>Background Tracking: Start LiveTracker and it sends the GPS location to our tracking server.</li> <li>Automatic Tracking: On device startup GPS tracking can be fired up automatically.</li> <li>Remote Control: Start and stop GPS tracking on your device by sending an SMS.</li> <li>Share Location: Send EMail, PIN, SMS, MMS, Twitter message to your location’s map representation.</li> <li>BETA TEST: Due to the early stage of this application please report any bugs to us. Thank you.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/livetracker.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.skylab-mobilesystems.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Check out the app at this link</a> <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/08/14/livetracker-beta-6-released-free-tracking-service-adds-remote-tracking-activation/" rel="nofollow">LiveTracker Beta 6 Released – Free Tracking Service Adds Remote Tracking Activation</a> Hedone Hawker on "VCMS - New app for your Playbook designed by HedoneDesign" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/vcms-new-app-for-your-playbook-designed-by-hedonedesign#post-20181 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:20:04 +0000 Hedone Hawker 20181@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img src="http://www.i-mentalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/PromoVCMS.jpg"> Application name: VCMS Application author: <a href="http://www.i-mentalist.com/applications/vcms/" rel="nofollow">i-Mentalist</a> Application credits: <a href="http://www.i-mentalist.com/applications/vcms/" rel="nofollow">i-Mentalist</a> Download Link(s): <a href="http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/62425" rel="nofollow">Buy VCMS - Download VCMS - Buy Apps from BlackBerry App World</a> Price: 2.99$ As you already know... We recently started with new brand... i-Mentalist... what we wanted to do is to provide great graphics from HedoneDesign and combine it with great apps! now... the first PlayBook app is here!!! VCMS – Vehicle Counters and Monitoring System is graphicly unique application with all the functions and informations you’ll ever need on the road, water or in the sky (including compass, odometer, latitude, longitude, altitude, speed meter, accelerometer, day / night mode) and it’s designed by HedoneDesign. Features: - Compass - Odometer (dual (A, B) counter with reset function) - Latitude and Longitude (Where am I) - Altitude (How high am I) - Speed - Angle (left / right – forward / backward) – when not driving! - Accelerometer - Day / Night mode - Calibration for angle meter - Speed units (km/h, mph, knots) - Trip units (km, mi, nmi) - Altitude units (meter, feet) - Override device backlight timeout - Clock - Date XtH description: “VCMS provides, in stunning, airplane cockpit style, compass, odometer, attitude, altitude, speed, and your exact latitude and longitude. It’s the information that’s been sitting in your BlackBerry® Playbook™, unnoticed, all this time, now presented to you in one fiendishly clever app! Nobody does beautiful dials and gauges like HedoneDesign, nobody. I used to wake up my Storm screen just to admire those on the Vault theme. Now there’s an app that gives you ongoing useful information on Hedone’s unique dials so you can just stare at them. The compass spins with elegant slowness (clearly modeled after oil-damped compasses). The attitude dials on either side will have strangers looking at how BlackBerry® Playbook™ got the large balls into such a thin device. The altitude (adjustable to read in feet or meters), speed (kph or mph, and Knots, yeah that’s right), latitude and longitude, distance traveled (dual trip) are easily read on a beautiful, creamy light green or deep blue and black (day and night modes) screen. The time and date are subtly included on the dial which somehow never appears crowded. You can easily reset the calibration anytime so changing the position or your BlackBerry® Playbook™ from lap to dashboard is no problem. Best of all, unlike your phone, you need no wireless connection for any of these, so take your BlackBerry® Playbook™ out to play in your boat, plane, mountain, or arboretum.” Night Mode: <img src="http://www.i-mentalist.com/wp-content/gallery/vcms-screens/img_00000099.jpg"> Day Mode: <img src="http://www.i-mentalist.com/wp-content/gallery/vcms-screens/img_00000103.jpg"> Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlbYI62U5Pw" rel="nofollow">VCMS - Vehicle Counters and Monitoring System - YouTube</a> Jay Harker on "GPSLogger: : Free GPS App with Compass, Speedometer, Elevation and More!" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/gpslogger-free-gps-app-with-compass-speedometer-elevation-and-more#post-9401 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:59:21 +0000 Jay Harker 9401@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ Just tried this simple, but feature rich GPS app called GPSLogger. The compass and GPS coordinates are quite useful. You can save your current location and then select 'guide me home' from the menu and it will take you back to a location that you previously selected or entered manually. Sounds like a great way to find your car in a parking lot. One of the surprising options I found is to set your BB to vibrate and notify you when you have traveled a specified distance. This could be extremely useful for runners and bikers. You can even set it to alert you at every mile. I think that's pretty sweet. Give it a try! Its free. Get it at <a href="http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/17638?lang=en" rel="nofollow">App World</a>. berryski on "TopoSports now supports Canada(NEW!!) and US topos" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/toposports-now-supports-canadanew-and-us-topos#post-5116 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:14:04 +0000 berryski 5116@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ Hello Canada! We are thrilled to announce that we have now added support for Canada Topomaps in our <a href="http://www.toposports.com" rel="nofollow">TopoSports</a> product. Now you can also download 1:50K topo maps covering entire Canada, published by NRCan (Natural Resources Canada). You can find more details regarding this upgrade on our blog at this <a href="http://blog.berryski.com/2010/09/toposports-now-covers-canada-and-usa.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>. Thanks a lot for reading this, --TopoSports londan123 on "TopoSports for blackberry launched." http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/toposports-for-blackberry-launched#post-4976 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:25:03 +0000 londan123 4976@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <a href="http://expertsavingsadvice.com" rel="nofollow">Expert Savings Advice</a> DanielH on "SportyPal 1.2.5 (fitness, gps tracking app)" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/sportypal-125-fitness-gps-tracking-app#post-8459 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:59:19 +0000 DanielH 8459@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <blockquote><cite>lapitarius <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/sportypal-125-fitness-gps-tracking-app#post-4919" rel="nofollow">said</a>:</cite> Users of this app can appearance their conditioning on a map, set goals, allotment their advance on Facebook and Twitter, see their advance on graphs, and more. This feature-packed app can additionally be acclimated for cycling, walking, biking, and all the outdoor and indoor type of activities. When you start an activity such as running, you begin by selecting a ‘new workout’ on your BlackBerry. Select ‘running’ for the activity type and then select ‘start’. The workout is now in progress and SportPal needs to remain running on the handset throughout the activity. When you have completed your workout you click on ‘stop’. The changes are saved to your BlackBerry with a summary that can be viewed and uploaded to the SporyPal website immediately or at a later time. A summary of your workout is saved to your BlackBerry phone which is a handy quick view for a quick analysis of results and progress... <a href="http://www.sportypal.com" rel="nofollow">SportyPal</a> </blockquote> Cool app, very slick interface. Unfortunately it doesn't appear that you can manually add a workout. You have to go through the GPS tracking. So, for example, I switch between running outside and on the treadmill, so I would have to find another app for tracking the treadmill workouts. Ronen Halevy on "BBWeather Experimental GPS Feature Added by Tateu" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/bbweather-experimental-gps-feature-added-by-tateu#post-530 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:08:47 +0000 Ronen Halevy 530@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img title="http://www.berryreview.co/bbweather-gps" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="168" alt="bbweather-gps" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bbweathergps.gif" width="http://www.berryreview.co/279" align="right" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /> Tateu has been doing a wonderful job of taking over the BBWeather application. Tom let me know that he has released a new version with experimental GPS support for your location. Personally I don’t find it so hard to put in your own zip code but this makes life simpler. The GPS only really works in the US since the reverse geo-coding does not return a valid entry outside of the US. You can pick up the experimental version <a href="http://www.tateu.net/software/dl.php?f=BBWeatherEX" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.tateu.net');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">at this link OTA</a> or post your findings on <a href="http://www.blackberryforums.com/aftermarket-software/198656-bbweather-experimental-gps.html#post1437522" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.blackberryforums.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this thread on BBForums</a>.  To use GPS: <ol> <li>Add a new location — Options – Current Profiles – Add</li> <li>Set Location ID: @gps</li> <li>Set the other fields to whatever you want</li> <li>Press "OK" to save it</li> <li>Under Options, look for the first "GPS Type"</li> <li>The default type is "Autonomous + Assisted" but not all phones support that type. The Bold does. The Bold does not support Cellsite. You can try all four to see which one works for your model. <a href="http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/348583/800332/800703/What_Is_-_The_BlackBerry_smartphone_models_and_their_corresponding_GPS_capabilities.html?nodeid=1371352&vernum=0" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.blackberry.com');" rel="nofollow">This knowledge base article might also help you decide.</a></li> <li>The second "GPS Type" option is a typo and should be "GPS Server." You can probably leave this as the default, I just put the second server in there because I could. At some point, I may take the option out and just make BBWeather try the 1st one and, if it fails, automatically try the 2nd one.</li> <li>That’s it, save the Options and go back to the current conditions screen.</li> </ol> The 1st line on the Weather screens says BBWeather, the 2nd line says the City and LocationID. If the end of that 2nd line says "GPS" it means the GPS coordinates were just updated right now. If it says "GPS*" it means it is using GPS coordinates obtained sometime in the last 10 minutes. If it says "GPS**" it means BBWeather was unable to obtain GPS coordinates and it is using the last known valid GPS location. The GPS Coordinates are normally only refreshed if they are older than 10 minutes but you can force a refresh at any time by choosing "Update" from the menu. <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/28/bbweather-experimental-gps-feature-added-by-tateu/" rel="nofollow">BBWeather Experimental GPS Feature Added by Tateu</a> Ronen Halevy on "TrainSchedule GPS Edition – Access US Train Schedules “On The Go”" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/trainschedule-gps-edition-ndash-access-us-train-schedules-ldquoon-the-gordquo#post-922 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:29:26 +0000 Ronen Halevy 922@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" title="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/trainschedule" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/trainschedule.jpg" border="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/0" alt="trainschedule" width="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/179" height="195" align="right" /> Trainlogic let me know about their product TrainSchedule GPS Edition which looks pretty interesting. It has train schedules for quite a few US trains and offers it in a mobile friendly version. TrainSchedule is a subscription application for which you have to buy a 3 or 6 month plan. Its not terribly expensive at <a href="http://store.berryreview.com/product.asp?id=31827&n=TrainSchedule-GPS-BlackBerry-%28U.S.-only%29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">$3.75 for 3 months</a> and <a href="http://store.berryreview.com/product.asp?id=21426&n=TrainSchedule-GPS-Blackberry-Edition-%28U.S.-only%29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">$7.50 ($6.50 sale now) for 6 months</a> but still I doubt I would be willing to pay a monthly fee. I take these trains quite often and it would be useful but nothing I could not find online, through Google Maps Transit, or by just carrying around a schedule. On the other hand I usually just take the NYC subway which does not even have a schedule. Features: <ul> <li>includes a powerful trip planner</li> <li>combines many railroads into a single network</li> <li>works everywhere: in subways, tunnels, in places with no signal</li> <li>easy on your data plan: stores downloaded schedules locally on your phone</li> <li>includes trip and stop maps</li> <li>fast and easy: great for everyday train commuters</li> </ul> Full description and cities/lines covered after the jump:  TrainSchedule shows schedule information on upcoming trains for the next 14 days (taking into account holidays, special days etc.) and also includes a railroad trip planner. Optionally (provided your phone has a GPS capability) it lets you track yourself while on the train to find out if your train is delayed. A number of train schedules on the U.S. East Coast, Chicago area and California are combined into a single network. Select the train lines you are interested in, then the corresponding schedules are downloaded and stored locally on the phone. It is fast and easy to use. Finally, it is a powerful tool that can help you find the right train or connection when it’s not obvious. Schedules available with this product: Nationwide: * Amtrak NYC – Washington, DC * Amtrak Boston – DC – Newpport News * Amtrak Springfield – Washington, DC * Amtrak Empire Service (Northeast) * Amtrak Pacific Surfliner (California) New Jersey & New York: * All New Jersey Transit lines (including the Atlantic City line) * PATH * All NY Waterway Ferry between NJ and Manhattan * Hudson-Bergen Light Rail * Newark Light Rail * River Line Light Rail * AirTrain (Newark Airport) * Atlantic City Express (ACES) New York & Connecticut: * Long Island Rail Road * MTA Metro North (east of Hudson) * Staten Island Railway * Shore Line East * AirTrain (JFK Airport) Pennsylvania: * All Regional Rail SEPTA lines * SEPTA Subway and Route 100 High-speed rail line * PATCO Massachusetts: * MBTA (rail) Chicago/Indiana: * MetraRail * South Shore Line Maryland & Virginia & Washington, DC: * MTA Maryland MARC Train lines * Route 200-Light Rail * Virginia Railway Express * WMATA Metrorail Florida: * SFRTA Tri-Rail * Miami-Dade Transit Metrorail Texas: * Dallas Area Rapid Transit California: * BART (Bay Area) * Caltrain * Metrolink (South. California) * Sacramento Light Rail * Altamont Commuter Express Oregon: * Trimet (Portland) Washington: * Sound Transit * Tacoma Link <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/08/04/trainschedule-gps-edition-access-us-train-schedules-on-the-go/" rel="nofollow">TrainSchedule GPS Edition – Access US Train Schedules “On The Go”</a> Ronen Halevy on "Trapster 3.2.5 Released – Speed Trap Sharing – No Change Log" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/trapster-325-released-ndash-speed-trap-sharing-ndash-no-change-log#post-641 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:26:13 +0000 Ronen Halevy 641@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px" alt="" src="http://www.trapster.com/images/bbsc-inf.jpg" align="right" />Adam let me know that the popular Trapster application has been updated from version 3.1.0 to 3.2.5. The last update to 3.1.0 was pretty significant so hopefully this one adds some much needed functionality. Sadly there is no official change log but if somebody manages to scrounge one up that would be great! Check it out at <a title="http://www.trapster.com/" href="http://www.trapster.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.trapster.com');" rel="nofollow">http://www.trapster.com</a> In case you’ve never heard of it, Trapster uses GPS to show you a map that indicates the presence of speed traps along and around your way, it also lets you indicate their precise location yourself in case you’re aware of speed traps that are not shown in the map. By sharing the information in the network, all users get an ever more accurate map of all current locations, slow down when they’re near the traps and resume their illegal speeding once they’re far enough past the radars. <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/29/trapster-3-2-5-released-speed-trap-sharing-no-change-log/" rel="nofollow">Trapster 3.2.5 Released – Speed Trap Sharing – No Change Log</a> Ronen Halevy on "RIM 8520 Curve Product Manager Interviewed – Why No GPS or Flash?" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/rim-8520-curve-product-manager-interviewed-ndash-why-no-gps-or-flash#post-518 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:15:37 +0000 Ronen Halevy 518@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img title="http://www.berryreview.co/BlackBerry8520" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px" height="211" alt="BlackBerry8520" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/BlackBerry8520.jpg" width="http://www.berryreview.co/175" align="right" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" />Annu from RIM did a <a href="http://blogs.blackberry.com/2009/07/blackberry-curve-8520.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/blogs.blackberry.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">nice little interview with, Pankaj,</a> the Product Manager for the BlackBerry 8520 Curve. He explains why the new trackpad was included along with Wi-Fi. The weird thing is that the new trackpad does not seem to have a product name like SurePress or SureType. I was almost sure that RIM would name it… Sadly he seems to skim over two issues I have with the 8520: <ul> <li>Why is there no GPS support? Every new BlackBerry has it except for the 8520!</li> <li>What happened to the LED flash?</li> </ul> It looks like RIM is placing the 8520 to replace the 83xx series but it looks like it is missing two key features… What do you think? <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/28/rim-8520-curve-product-manager-interviewed-why-no-gps-or-flash/" rel="nofollow">RIM 8520 Curve Product Manager Interviewed – Why No GPS or Flash?</a> Ronen Halevy on "GPSLogger Donationware Geocaching App Hits Version 1.0" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/gpslogger-donationware-geocaching-app-hits-version-10#post-589 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:32:01 +0000 Ronen Halevy 589@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img title="http://www.berryreview.co/gpslogger1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="188" alt="gpslogger1" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gpslogger1.jpg" width="http://www.berryreview.co/279" align="right" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /> GPSLogger is a very popular free/donationware app from the makers of BBFileScout. It lets you record your movements using GPS on your BlackBerry without an internet connection. It includes elevation, speed, and some additional data. GPSLogger can also direct you to a location that you either entered manually or have previously recorded which is useful for Geocaching. EmacBerry has just released GPSLogger 1.0 which is now out of beta.  Changes include: <ul> <li>Options reorganized – on BlackBerry® devices it’s quite common to separate the application options into various screens – this makes the options way more organized and easiert to understand. </li> <li>Distance Signal – new ‘Special Options’ to specify ‘Vibrate Time’ and ‘Audio Volume’ </li> <li>The specified ‘Path directory’ will be checked at each startup (if writable) – if not the Options dialog will be opened </li> <li>New General Option: ‘Start in NightMode’ </li> <li>New General Option: ‘Confirm deletion of Paths and Points’ </li> <li>New General Option: ‘Allow start without GPS-Signal’ </li> <li>New dialog to enter locations in the Degree, Minutes (decimal) format (like: 47° 56.112 N) </li> <li>Export (KML, GPX and CVS) of single Locations (from the Location Manager) – Key shortcut: [Z|X] </li> <li>GPX-Import will support files that contain location information in <rtept> elements </li> </ul> You can <a href="http://emacberry.com/gpslogger.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/emacberry.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">read more and donate at the product page</a> or download it ota using the links below: Devices with OS 4.2.1+ <a href="http://www.emacberry.com/ota/GPSLogger.jad" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.emacberry.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.emacberry.com/ota/GPSLogger.jad</a> Devices with OS 4.6+ <a href="http://www.emacberry.com/ota/GPSLogger4.6.jad" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.emacberry.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.emacberry.com/ota/GPSLogger4.6.jad</a> <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/28/gpslogger-donationware-geocaching-app-hits-version-1-0/" rel="nofollow">GPSLogger Donationware Geocaching App Hits Version 1.0</a> Ronen Halevy on "Travel Genius – Free Location Based Search & POI App" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/travel-genius-ndash-free-location-based-search-poi-app#post-395 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:33:19 +0000 Ronen Halevy 395@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ Jerry let me know about this popular free app called Travel Genius. Sadly it makes use of BlackBerry Maps for mapping so I could not really try it on my AT&T BlackBerry so I will resort to the description they provide. Sadly the app is also only available in the App World so you will need to go there and search for Travel Genius… <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mainscreen.png" rel="nofollow"><img title="http://www.berryreview.co/mainscreen" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="135" alt="mainscreen" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mainscreen_thumb.png" width="http://www.berryreview.co/179" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /></a> <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/results_detail2.png" rel="nofollow"><img title="http://www.berryreview.co/results_detail2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="135" alt="results_detail2" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/results_detail2_thumb.png" width="http://www.berryreview.co/179" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /></a> <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/results_map.png" rel="nofollow"><img title="http://www.berryreview.co/results_map" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="135" alt="results_map" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/results_map_thumb.png" width="http://www.berryreview.co/179" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /></a>  Travel Genius by MobileVision is a location based search tool that helps you to quickly find and get to the places or services you need when you are out and about. It combines the best features of a GPS tool – minus the monthly fees – with powerful Internet search options and tucks them neatly into a simple user interface that works on any BlackBerry smartphone (OS 4.2+). How often have you been out traveling and need something (a taxi ride, dry cleaning or gas), and even though you have a wireless Internet browser you still don’t know exactly where you are to start your search? We’ve all been there – wherever ‘there’ is! Now with Travel Genius you are only a couple of clicks away from knowing where you are and how to get the service or to the location you need. One-click choices like "ATM", "Parking" or "Movies" make searching easy. Need something that’s not listed? There is a custom search feature, so you can look up anything you want. Nothing is ad-driven, so you can be sure that your results include all the options – not just the ones that someone paid to put there. And it all utilizes the built-in GPS or manual address entry. Do you travel a lot? Travel Genius allows you to create favorites and save them. Finding what you need is even faster with favorites. Ever have a hard time finding your parked car? (That’s a rhetorical question.) With favorites, you can do things like snap a photo of your parking spot, grab the GPS location and then later request map directions to find your way back. Even when you’re busy, traveling and away from your normal routine you’ll look like, well, a genius. End the uncertainty and hunt-n-peck nature of finding services and locations when you’re away from home. Get to where you need and what you need faster and more accurately every time. For complete mapping capability, Travel Genius requires BlackBerry Maps and GPS reception. <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/24/travel-genius-free-location-based-search-poi-app/" rel="nofollow">Travel Genius – Free Location Based Search & POI App</a> Ronen Halevy on "Nogago: Free GPS Outdoor Navigation Tracking" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/nogago-free-gps-outdoor-navigation-tracking#post-268 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:06:04 +0000 Ronen Halevy 268@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/nogago.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img title="http://www.berryreview.co/nogago" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="135" alt="nogago" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/nogago_thumb.jpg" width="http://www.berryreview.co/179" align="right" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /></a> Nogago let me know about their free application that lets you track your outdoor activities. Its pretty cool for a free app but there are already other solutions that offer similar features. The cool feature in Nogago is the ability to navigate along prerecorded tracks from the many GPS track communities online. Features include: <ul> <li>Measure the time, distance and speed of your travels </li> <li>Record and view your tracks (while on the go and later when you are back home on your PC) </li> <li>Navigate along prerecorded tracks (you can find many, many thousands of tracks at <a href="http://gpsies.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/gpsies.com');" rel="nofollow">gpsies</a> and other GPS track communities)</li> </ul> There is one catch. They require that you fill out a simple 10 question survey before downloading which is annoying but you can put in whatever you want. After the survey you get OTA and desktop manager links. Check it out at <a title="http://www.nogago.com/" href="http://www.nogago.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.nogago.com');" rel="nofollow">http://www.nogago.com</a> and let me know what you think! <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/23/nogago-free-gps-outdoor-navigation-tracking/" rel="nofollow">Nogago: Free GPS Outdoor Navigation Tracking</a>