Waze for iPhone has a ways to go

October 14th, 2009 admin
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Filed under: iPhone , App Review Several of our readers suggested that we take a look at Waze , a free navigation app [ iTunes link ] that depends on other users for reports of traffic tie ups, accidents, and speed traps. It also functions as a turn-by-turn navigator with spoken directions, although it doesn’t have text to speech capabilities for naming streets or points of interest. As a navigator Waze …


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