I’ve been told I do nothing but complain so here is a nice review on an awesome application for Blackberry Phones that I recently found.

The application is called Trapster and it’s probably something I should have had a long time ago. Basically, this application for your Blackberry ultilizes your GPS functions on your phone and alerts you of all police radar traps, red light cameras and more. It’s completely ran by users and actually updated quite often. They also offer it for the iPhone, the Google Andriod, and even Garmins and TomTom’s! You can watch a video presentation on how this works here. The way their system is setup is awesome. They give credibility to users who report accurate speed traps and red light cameras. The credibility is given when more then one user reports a cop in that area and you build up your reputation over time.

So those of you who drive quite often or travel a lot, be sure to download this app to your PDA, SmartPhone or GPS today and save yourself from those hefty fines and increased insurance rates! The application is FREE, so you’ve got nothing to lose!

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I needed a new GPS navigation for Cari and I so I looked around a bit and ended up buying the Mio Moov 300 GPS from Staples which turned out to be a mistake. I’ve heard a lot about these navigation units and how they’re quite ‘hackable’ with different software and have never really heard anything bad. I paid $179.99 for it from Staples but I found the Mio Moov 500 at Radio Shack today for $149.99 and returned my 300 to Staples. I didn’t go for the 500 since the overall setup of the Mio was not what I liked. I’m sure if I would have spent more time with the Mio Moov 300 and even hacked it, I may have liked it but overall it was frustrating – the battery charge royally sucked, it took me down a one way street, still took forever to find satellites half of the time with its special “SiRFInstantFixII”, lacked a lot of POI’s and that’s just the beginning. On a good note, I did like the option to show me each turn in the directions and how it directed me for the upcoming turns but it was not impressive nor worth the money I paid for it.

So, back to square one and looking for a reliable GPS with text-to-speech that I like. I wish I could actually test half of them before I bought one….and before you say it, some stores have a few that work but most of them around here are demos and nothing but a box.

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