I recently changed my cell phone from a pre-paid account to a contract. I couldn't do it before because credit wise, I was nobody... so I had to pay a $500 deposit to get in a contract... And without a contract, there is no data plan, or if you try to use data on your phone, you are charged a ridiculous amount of money for every single bit sent/received... So now that I've been here for a year and that my credit report is starting to look like something, I've been able to get a decent contract, with an unlimited data plan.
The unlimited part is something I had been wanting for ever! I didn't have this in France, I was limited to some 20MB a month... ridiculous... anyways, now that I can download as much as I want, I decided I would take a look at some of the mapping applications for cellphones.
I found two, Windows Live Search for Mobiles and Google Maps Mobile. Both perform the exact same functions and are very fast and extremely cool! I'd like to mention that both are native PocketPC applications and not some ugly slow java app...
I especially like the fact that you can type any random store and tell it to use my current GPS position, and it'll find the nearest store and give me directions... It's not real time guidance but still, it's very cool and with the tracking, you can almost use it as an actual GPS, but on satellite imagery downloaded on the fly.
So on my way back from the airport this evening, I plugged the GPS in and just let it download the maps as I was driving, very cool! Oh and also, it shows you real time traffic information!