RIM Execs on the Best BlackBerry Apps: Eight Downloads
Research in Motion executives, including a VP of global alliances, a product management director and the co-CEO, share their favorite BlackBerry downloads.
Google Maps Mobile
Finally, the one app that Heit, McDowell and Lazaridis all report using very often: Google Maps Mobile.
"It's a just a great implementation," McDowell says of the app. "I use it a LOT."
Google Maps for BlackBerry provides location-based information and services to mobile handsets with or without the use of GPS. The "My Location" function employs nearby cell towers to determine rough locations of mobile phone users, so no information needs to be entered.
The application also provides satellite imagery from the Google Earth service and can deliver walking instructions or driving directions with real-time traffic alerts in some 30 major U.S. cities. The application is available for a plethora of mobile phones, free of charge.
Heit jokes that he often uses the app to look at Satellite images of his home, and that he can even see the cars that were in the driveway when the images were captured. Heit also raves about the other Google Mobile services available to BlackBerry users, like the Web search icon, available via the Google Mobile Updater.
Check out our video on the application for more on how to install and use Google Mobile Maps for BlackBerry.
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