Blackberry Traffic is an application exclusively built for Blackberry OS. This application is among top featured apps for Blackberry Smartphones which, based on the traffic conditions, can tell you your estimated time of arrival (ETA). It also shows alternative routes to save you from the hold ups, toll booths, and help you reach the destination easily. So, you can inform your contacts about your ETA. It also supports turn-by-turn navigation through voice instructions which can be integrated with either Bluetooth Stereo headsets or the inbuilt sound system of your vehicle.

Geo tagging is a feature of smart phones and digital cameras where geographical information can be assigned to a photo. After taking a photograph we can add details such as latitude and longitude, location details, city information, etc to the photo. GPS connectivity to the satellites is required while clicking a geo-tagged picture.

Assisted GPS (A-GPS) is an extended service of GPS designed only for smart phones. A-GPS is used to speed up the start-up time of GPS-based positioning systems. A-GPS enabled phones receive raw signals directly from GPS satellites but require a live connection to a network-based location server to determine the location. The location server processes the raw signals and makes the final calculations that determine the location. A-GPS require network connection like GPRS, 3G etc.

NoDo is a minor firmware update released by Microsoft for handsets running on Windows Phone 7. The update brings much awaited copy and paste functionality to the devices. Apart from this, the update brings faster app and game performance, streamlined Marketplace search, improved Wi-Fi connectivity, Outlook and MMS as well as some tweaks for the Facebook account sync experience. Users can update their phone by connecting it to Zune desktop client.

Nokia Drive is a feature of Nokia Smartphones that suggests turn-by-turn voice navigation with in-car user interface. The added advantage is that you don’t need to have a working internet connection at the time of driving because you can download the maps before starting your journey. This saves data costs and prevents the risk of non-availability of internet connection while driving. Other great features include tracking your location, speed, and distance driven, and getting warnings when exceed cross the speed limit. It is currently available for Nokia Lumia Phones.