BlackBerry Traffic 3.0 now available in Beta Zone - Adds voice guidance and more

Voice guidance? Neat.

This app must definitely come to Europe (Netherlands). It's too pity that these programs aren't coming to Europe.

It's about time. Other platforms free guidance systems far outclass RIM's. This is a positive step in the right direction. Now fully integrate BB Maps, so you have a mapo view and add voice control as well and this should be fully ready just in time for BBX, to make it entirely obsolete.

how does this compare to using google maps "dumb" directions (ie no turn by turn voice)?

how about compared to google maps on the android platform which basically becomes a fully functional GPS unit? (understanding that both somewhat require data connectivity, but that google maps on the android can cache rather large map regions).

Yes! Love BB Traffic. Voice Guidance is here. I love RIM. They are giving the people what they want. I'm with BlackBerry for the long haul. Viva La BlackBerry!

not in my betazone. no love for the t-dot up in CanCan. :(

This is an awesome update and I hope a Playbook version is released soon.

That's brilliant and about time . When is this going to be released in Ireland.

Come on Rimm hurry things up a bit .

I downloaded this once before and it didn't work in my town. Any idea why it wouldn't work, I live in a town of 110,000 people.

Thanks RIM. I feel as thought you've been reading all those surveys submitted on the beta website. Thanks again!

Installed. Voice sounds somewhat Siri like. :)

Going to test it more on the drive home. BB traffic has always been very good for me. Now with voice nav its that much better. The only thing they need to do now is integrate a map view. Seriously how hard can that be? They already have BBMaps?

Awesome! Aside from BBM, this is probably my most used app. Highly reliable and accurate with traffic conditions and now voice commands! :)

i wish this update had been out this past weekend...it would have came in handy for certain...if this works well i'll be kicking google maps to the curb

telenav has not failed me yet so i think ill hold off :)

Hopefully they provide some BB Maps integration at some point in the future too, and get this ported over to the Playbook too.

Anyone prefer this over TeleNav? And why?

Just took it for a spin. Worked great. So cool. I love my 9780. He's my bud. Don't tell him but I'm probably going to get a new buddy soon: Mr. 9790.

BB Traffic is great and with this update it should be awesome. Cant wait for the drive home to test it out.

+1 for bb Traffic on the playbook with Bridge support for the data.
BB traffic on the Playbook via bridge would ROCK!

Anyone else notice the directions are for Winterpeg? That's excellent.

If this turns out to be able to run via BB servers, like UbiNav (but not at the 50 bucks to buy it) it will be an irresistible driver for people to purchase it. There will be no trottle down or fees added.

This is really awesome news for BB fans!

If they integrate this with BBM, people will know when you will arrive just by checking their BB's.

Go RIM!!!!

If it remains a free app, it'll do quite well. I've tried it and it works well. Nice one, RIM!

I DLéd the app--worked on the 2nd try. first time I got a 507 error failure.

But now I can't get BB to send me a keycode. It didn't send one with the DL, and I've tried twice manually through the My Account Keycodes site in the BB Beta Zone. And yes, I've checked my spam folder. So--can't run Traffic without a keycode.

Voice! Neato! I hope they have a version lined up for BBX, and of course the PlayBook. A lot of work going into developing a java app that will never work on bbx.

Can't wait to try it out.

wow tbis will make a great app perfect.

Tested and works great! This is the feature that was missing!

Well did a quick test while driving home. Worked very well. Voice prompted every turn without any issues.

anyone figure out how to get the voice guidance to play through bluetooth earpiece?

You think they'll have an Obama version?

voice directions work great with my Jawbone ERA on my Bold 9700 OS 6.

Hooray! Its about time RIM added this feature. It only made sense. I've been envying Andriod users with their Google Maps App that has had voice guidance since its inception.

RIM gets a big two thumbs up from me for this update. Hopefully they'll keep it free and users won't have to pay a subscription fee once they release the official version in App World.

Thank you Rim.

RIM just managed to include 1 of 2 complaints that I had with this app. Voice guidance was a much needed addition to this, and now that it is, this is nearly perfect. Integration into BB Maps is the last thing I think this app needs in order to be one of the best navigation apps on the mobile market.

do a nokia and get a decent map integration in there!

It is nice to see that RIM is listening to what people want. I am a little concerned that AT&T will somehow force them to block this for their subscribers. Hopefully RIM will start taking a harder stance against the carriers. Android has full navigation on AT&T so why shouldn't Blackberry.

I did find it odd that the voice directions started BEFORE I selected a route, but I suppose the first turn is probably the same for any route most of the time.

Hangs and I have to do a battery pull every time I attempt installation. Sad.

For the people who tried this out already, are the voice guided directions spoken as street names or distance?

Just downloaded the BETA, it seems pretty good. Going to try it out later today!