BlackBerry Maps - An Underrated Application?
While I have had the sheer joy of moving this past weekend (do you taste a hint of sarcasm in my tone?), I also enjoyed giving out directions to my new home. You know what I’m talking about…take the second left, go through the stop sign, no, no…the second left, etc. Well, that is where I have a leg up on my non- BlackBerry neighbors. As my brother was coming back from a week long vacation, he promptly asked me for directions to my new house. He’s a great guy, but he couldn’t find his way across the street, so his Sprint Telenav is a godsend. But this was not the program of choice today; it was his good old fashion BlackBerry Maps. I simply found the address and with one click of my menu button, I was able to send my brother the exact location. Upon receiving it on his BlackBerry, he clicked on the link and started using his BlackBerry Maps GPS navigation. Within 15 minutes, and not a single wrong turn, he and his family showed up at our front door. As the weekend passed I used this method at least a half dozen times, all with the same outcome…smiling faces at my new front door! In this case, the simplicity of using BlackBerry Maps made me take a second look at the application as a whole. While it is not as robust as Telenav, it certainly will remain on my BlackBerry.
