Waze, free turn-by-turn user generated GPS app coming to WinMo/Symbian

Want to get somewhere but need some help? For many years now, GPS units and more recently, GPS apps for mobile devices has made getting from point A to point B incredibly easy. The next step in GPS technology is that of user generated GPS content. That is, a turn-by-turn GPS app that incorporates user generated content such as traffic conditions etc. Waze, one such app has been available for some time now on the Apple App Store for the iPhone. I’ve given the app a good hour of usage on my iPhone and will continue to test it over the next couple of weeks as I have some travel plans coming up where this could come in handy. So far my initial response is pretty positive. The only complication some may have is that navigation is sort of involved as there are quite a few menu’s to navigate through. Still it’s a solid app worth more investigating.

More importantly however is a new alpha version of Waze for WinMo and Symbian. What is already appearing to be a great little GPS app for iPhone has a bright future on other platforms. If you’re interested in trying out this app and have either a WinMo or Symbian device, you can sign up for the alpha testing at http://www.waze.com/alpha_register/”. Since I don’t have a device with either of those operating systems I’ll have to relay on you fellow readers for any input. Care to share?

• Register for Waze Alpha on WinMo/Symbian

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