For a while, GPS has helped us get around. If you're anything like me and millions of other people, you aren't so great with directions and are more than willing to rely on technology to find your way for you. Unfortunately, many of us don't actually have GPS. Yeah, you can get maps and things, but it isn't the same. In fact, confusing maps and directions are probably part of the reason GPS is so popular.
So, don't have the GPS chip? No problem, Mexens Technology is here to help! The software, Navizon, will actually turn a PC or Mac into a navigation system. It does this using Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth enabled computer, but not a GPS chip. Now I know what you're probably thinking; how the heck is Navizon supposed to help you if you can't take it on the road?
Luckily, Navizon can be used with Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Java phones. Like GPS, it can pinpoint your location using your mobile device or phone's radio. It works as a peer-to-peer wireless community, allowing users to map and share information with other users of Navizon. Members who do actually have a GPS device can use Navizon to plot out the Wi-Fi and cellular landscape for us in their areas. Either way, If you submit landscapes and share it this way, you're a data contributer who is eligible for a money reward. Best of all, Navizon is a free download for a PC, Mac, or mobile device. So I suppose we have a choice: Spend money, or make it? I know it isn't quite that simple, but it's a lovely concept.
Apparently, Navizon has been around since 2005 and it has some 60,000 mobile users in more than 60 countries. I didn't know that it's been here a while, but that appears to be a good thing. From the sound of it, the more active users, the better. It seems to be a relatively simple, free alternative to GPS. Give it a shot at the
Navizon website.
