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Been using Waze for a few days now and have to say it’s a interesting way to approach Sat-Nav,

The app works simular to most other navigation apps you’ll find on your smartphone in that you have a Map and directions, in this case the maps are downloaded over the air rather than stored on the device itself.

The Navigation facilities of the app aren’t the best I’ve come across, they aren’t Bad by any stretch of the imagination but sometimes I do question it’s route selection sometimes but I’ve never had it fail to get me where I was going.

What sets Waze apart from most other Sat-Nav’s however is the social features,  the app uses the location and speed data from people using it to work out where the traffic jams are, it also allows users to report traffic jams and other hazards to the community causing the app to alert you prior to approaching them.  So far I’ve been very impressed with this aspect of the app it seems to work very well.

It can also attempt to re-route where another route is available to try and avoid the jam.

Best of all it’s free on Android/iOS/Blackberry/Ovi So why not pop over to the marketplace/appstore and give it a try.