VZ Navigator updated for Blackberry

Verizon went ahead and updated VZ Navigator to version 5.1. VZ Navigator has taken a full turn in becoming a very useful application other than just turn by turn direction. On the main screen as soon as you open, you’ll notice that the name of the town you are in (along with the nearest street name) displayed up top with local search results as well. The local results include weather, movie theaters with times, gas prices, events, and concerts.

Here’s the full change log:

• Improved Customer Experience – No need to wait for the entire route to download before starting their voyage because data will now be streamed, causing display screens to populate more quickly
• Enhanced Points of Interest – Access to premium places of interest with detailed descriptions, clearly branded by Map Icons
• Traffic Crowd Sourcing – Opt-in to anonymously send real-time location and speed to the VZ Navigator traffic reporting service, allowing quicker notifications and improved accuracy for all VZ Navigator users
• Alerts for Other Road Attributes – Graphic notifications for tunnels, U-turns, traffic circles and toll plazas
• “Say it Mode” – Select BlackBerry® smartphones and Windows Mobile® handsets allow customers to verbally search for and update destinations

Once you have it downloaded, it goes through many and many “downloading data” stages upon opening it up for the very first time.
Feel free to head over to Verizon’s VZ Navigator site for more information. If you are looking to update, and are having trouble downloading it using the update button with in the app, then point your BlackBerry Browser to mobile.vzw.com or click here.