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How does GPS Tracker Work

GPS Tracker is an electronic device which works with together with a GPS Receiver and appropriate software. GPS Satellites provide the location to the GPS Tracker in terms of Latitude and Longitude values. Accuracy of the location identified by the GPS Tracker depends on the hardware and software used. Tracking Vehicles, Kids, Pets & People are few of the common uses of GPS Trackers.

Now a days lots of Mobile Phones and Tablets do have GPS embedded in them which can be controlled by the Mobile Software or even by 3rd party Software Utilities. As the electronic chips and other devices of the GPS tracker uses electricity, mobile and tablet owners prefer to switch off the GPS functionality when not in use.

GPS Software

As said in the paragraph above, fully functional GPS tracking is accomplished by combination of Software and Hardware Devices. A Simple Vehicle GPS Tracker like TK 103 with battery backup is a good example of GPS Tracker for vehicles. The GPS Tracker TK 103 receives GPS Location from GPS Satellites and sends out the Latitude and Longitude information to either the configurable website specified by IP Address and port or send out the GPS Location to a configured Mobile Number as an SMS.

The GPS Tracker Software for Android is a good example of an Android App which receives and presents the GPS Location received on Google Maps and also allows to control vehicle electronics by sending out SMS Commands. There is another mode in which the GPS Tracker works and that is by using GPRS communication to a Configurable Server providing the user to track the GPS Locator online using Internet. Many GPS Trackers store the GPS Locations in their memory and later allows users to download the GPS Location map to computer and view the location and other information on the computer.

Custom GPS Tracker Software

There are various types of costs involved in running a GPS Tracker depending on what you wish to accomplish with the GPS Tracker. In case you want realtime location tracking from the GPS Tracker, you need to pay for the communication between the GPS Tracker and yourself. Real Time GPS Trackers are mostly made to communicate using in either Telephone Mode or in Web Mode. In Telephone Mode, you would need to pay for the communication initiated by the GPS Tracker in the form of SMS or voice calling.

In case a GPS Tracker allows you to hear voice near the Microphone embedded in the GPS Tracker, you would be able to dial to the GPS Tracker and hear voice and of-course your standard mobile call charges will apply. On the other hand when using a GPS Tracker in Web mode, you would need to pay for the GPRS communication between the GPS Tracker and Internet. Depending on your Online GPS Tracker Website, you may be required to pay for using the Online Tracking of Single or Multiple GPS Trackers as well.

You can even get a custom made GPS Tracker Software to match your requirements and of-course there will be applicable charges for that as well. Given below is the list of tasks included in a complete GPS Tracking Solution. Depending on your usage of the GPS functionality, one or multiple given below GPS related tasks are performed.

Electricity Consumption – GPS Trackers need electricity to run and are powered by inbuilt rechargeable battery, battery of vehicle or even using a AC to DC Adapter.
Location from GPS Satellites : This is Free Service and end user is not supposed to pay money for this. United States Government upgraded their GPS Satellites for military use and released the service of old GPS Satellites to public for free use as per the knowledge of the author of this post.
Tracking Information from the GPS Tracker to Website for Online Tracking needs GPRS Settings and additional IP Address and Port Settings to be done for the GPS Tracker. The GPRS charges are applied to the SIM Card Owner by the Mobile Operator.
SMS Message from GPS Tracker to End User’s Mobile is supported by many Real Time GPS Trackers. Lots of Mobile Operators do sell bulk SMS packages specifically to be used in GPS Trackers.
Website providing online tracking information may charge it’s customers on an annual or one time fees. Many Companies Selling GPS Trackers provide Free Online Tracking and identify the GPS Tracker using IMEI Number of the GPS Tracker.

Tracking of GPS Tracker Online is easy and provided platform independence. Effectively whether you do have an Android Tablet, Windows / Linux Computer or even a Macintosh, you can access the information provided by the GPS Tracker. Websites offering real time tracking many times provide SMS or Telephone Alerts in case the GPS Tracker moves out of it’s configured boundary.

Controlling the GPS Tracker(s) with Android, Windows or Linux Mobile or Tablet can be more accurate and reliable and has less dependencies as compared to online tracking of the GPS tracking. Hope you have a better understanding of how GPS Tracker works providing you real time or stored route and location information. Yes there is lots more in this GPS technology but this brief post should give you an idea of what technologies work together in a simple real time GPS tracking solution, what charges are applicable for using a GPS Tracker, etc. Feel free to browse through other pages of this website which will give you more GPS related information.

GPS Tracker Software for Android

In order to Track vehicles with GPS Tracker installed, Android Software Applications are the best. Lots of Android Tablets and Phones do have Telephony and SMS Capabilities, they do even have the GPS functionality which make them perfect devices to track any vehicles with GPS turned ON. This post presents a GPS Tracking Software for Android which controls GPS Tracker device by sending SMS commands and presents an easy to use graphical user interface. Many GPS Tracking devices come with manual and with online tracking software in a bundled CD. Reading and understanding GPS Tracker manual can be really difficult to understand and remember.

TK 103 GPS-Tracker

The GPS Tracker Software presented here is a GPS Tracker Software for TK 103 – A and works with TK 103 – B Models of GPS Tracker. The TK 103 GPS Tracker allows you to control your vehicle by sending SMS commands. The TK 103 do ships with a manual which has all the commands listed. In case you do have an Android Phone or Tablet with SIM card functionality, you can use this GPS Tracker Software to control your vehicle with easy to use graphical user interface. The given below screenshot of the GPS Tracker Software displays the Tracker Software Enabling Oil and Electric supply to the vehicle. Similar interface is presented for carrying out other commands and you do not need to worry about the SMS format in which the command is sent. Click on the image below to view the full screenshot of the Android GPS Tracker Software. Yes there is a SMS Counter built in to track how many requests were sent to the GPS tracker and how many time the GPS Tracker has responded to your phone. Whether you are using a Pre paid or Post – Paid SIM Card with the GPS Tracker or with your Android Tablet, this GPS Tracker Software will keep track of all the SMS Messages sent by the software and also count of all the SMS Messages received by the Software from the SIM Card Number of the GPS Tracker.

TK 103 GPS Tracker Software for Android Tablets and Phones

The TK 103 GPS Software allows you to send various commands to the GPS Tracker. Given below is the list of all the commands supported by this TK 103 Android Software and more commands will be added in the future.

Query Status of the TK 103 GPS Tracker to know current power status, battery level, whether GPRS is turned ON or Off and whether GPS Signal is available or not. When querying for the GPS Status, you need to remember that in order to save bettery power, the TK 103 turns off the GPS Receiver and when it receives a command related to GPS , it turns on the GPS and carries out the GPS command. Effectively if you have not sent a GPS command to the TK 103 GPS Tracker for lon, it would be a good idea to query the status of the GPS Tracker using this Android Software, two times to gte exact status of GPS.
Query Street Address of the Location where the TK 103 is located. Querying Address takes a little more time as compared to other commands, as the TK 103 has to check for GPS Location and then query GPRS for getting the Location. Yes you would need to configure the GPRS Settings like APN, Usre Name and Password in order for GPRS to get address of the TK 103 GPS Tracker.
Switch between Track Mode and Monitor Mode. When you switch the TK 103 to Monitor Mode, you can call the SIM Number of the GPS Tracker to listen to the voice from the Microphone of the TK 103. On the other hand when you switch TK 103 to Tracker Mode, you would be able to call the SIM Number of the GPS Tracker and get the GPS co-ordinates by SMS.
Turn On or Off Oil and Electric Power Supply with TK 103 supplied electronic components. The Android Software presented here simply sends SMS command to switch Oil and Electric Supply ON / Off, it is your responsibility to properly connect TK 103 with your vehicle.
Configure APN for the TK 103 GPS Tracker for communicating with Internet to get Address of the GPS Co-Ordinates pointed by the TK 103 GPS. This Android Software allows you to configure APN, APN User Name and APN Password using an easy to use Graphical User Interface.
Reset GPS and GSM Modules of the TK 103 GPS Tracker. This can be really useful if you are not sure of what settings are present in the TK 103. Remember that this Reset Command Sent to the TK 103 GPS Tracker does not resets the password.
Change Password of the TK 103 GPS Tracker by specifying a new password. This is an important functionality and hence this Android Software, launches Messaging feature of Android with prefilled SMS Message and Number and all you need to do is simply press the Send button to change the password of the TK 103 GPS Tracker.
Call SIM of TK 103 with a simple button press. TK 103 requires you to call it 10 times to make your SIM Number as authorized number for TK 103 commands.
Locate your Position with GPS Module in your GPS Enabled Tablet or Mobile on Google Maps. This can be helpful when you are in an unknown location and you want to find your way to your TK 103 GPS Tracker or to any other location using Google Maps.
Enable or Disable SMS Delievery Report for SMS Requests Sent to the TK 103 GPS Tracker. When you have enabled the delivery report option, this Android Software will inform you whether the TK 103 has received your request or Not. Some Mobile Opearirs charge money for sending you Delievery Report and some do not and hence this GPS Tracker software allows you to switch on / off the delievery report for the SMS requests sent to the TK 103 GPS Tracker

Yes there are many other commands supported by TK 103 GPS Tracker and new commands are being added to this Android Software. This Android Software communicates with TK 103 as specified by the manual of the GPS Tracker and presents an easy to follow user interface. It is always best idea to test the functionality multiple times to understand the software and hardware implications. Depending on your Mobile Operator you may be charged for Sending SMS Requests. Many Mobile Operators sell GPS Pack offering free SMS Messages when you topup your mobile for some specific amount. This GPS Tracker Software works on Android Honeycomb onward and requires your Tablet / Mobile to have the SMS Sending and Phone Dialing Capabilities. You can get a Custom GPS Software for Android in case you are using some other GPS Tracker Model. Please do mention your Android Operating System Name and GPS Tracker Model Number / Company Name when querying for custom made GPS Software.

Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker

When you want to track vehicles or anything else with a GPS device, using a Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker can be the safest way to appropriately track. In many countries Range of GSM or CDMA Network can fail in remote areas and a Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker tries it’s best to send you GPS Co-ordinates of the tracked vehicle or anything else using either of the SIM Cards. The Dual SIM Card Tracker is a hardware device which tries to connect to the second network when it cannot connect to the first network. In case you are using pre-paid SIM Cards in the GPS Tracker or even Post Paid SIM Cards, sending of SMS by any SIM Card can fail due to many reasons. Using Dual SIM Cards for tracking Vehicles adds an extra layer of security.

Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker

In case you do have a Dual SIM Card Android / Nokia Phone or Tablet which does has the functionality of GPS or is connected to GPS using Bluetooth, you can convert your Mobile or Tablet to a Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker. GPS chips inside Mobiles / Tablets are small electronic chips but yes they do consume electricity and in case you need to track anything using GPS tracking system, you must make sure that your Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker has enough power to sustain the tracking throughout the journey. The Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker as displayed above needs to be connected to the battery or the vehicle to ensure that enough power to the GPS Tracker is available even when the vehicle is turned off. When using Mobile or Tablet as a Dual SIM Card GPS Tracker, you need to make sure that enough power is available for the mobile / tablet and both SIM Cards have enough money in them so that they can send you the GPS Locations by SMS.

Just Like Mobile Phones and Tablets, many GPS Trackers do have rechargeable battery built inside them so that the GPS device does not fails in sending the GPS Location reliably. Reliability is one of the most important aspect when using GPS Tracking Systems and using a Dual SIM GPS Tracker just adds an extra bit of protection so as to avoid unforeseen circumstances. Appropriate Software also plays a major role in the success of the GPS Tracking System. In case this all sounds complicated, you can get Complete GPS Solution containing appropriate hardware, software and related documents, just designed for you.

Best GPS Tracker with Android

Tracking anything with GPS needs hardware and software support. Once you do have a GPS Enabled Mobile or Tablet, you can use it as a GPS Tracker. Google Play has lots of GPS Applications for Android including Online / Offline Maps with Voice Navigation Support, GPS Speedometers, GPS Tracking Software which can store your GPS co-ordinates, Google Tracks with similar functionality and lots more. Yes you can even get a custom made GPS Software Application as there are lots of software companies out there which can deliver whatever functionality you need. Whether you want your Android Mobile or Tablet to send you SMS Messages automatically at configurable duration, SMS Reply when SMS Received from a specific mobile number with pre-defined SMS commands and much more.

Android Box for HDMI TV

GPS Functionality when combined with SMS can be a real GPS Tracker allowing you to track almost anything on other Android, Windows, Macintosh, Nokia or even on an iOS device. There are even Mini Android Devices available which can directly be connected to your Display Monitor to HDMI Port on which you can run any Android Applications. Yes possibilities with Android Software Applications are unlimited. All you need to have is a vision of what you need and rest all can be taken care by Custom Android Software Developers. Yes Programming Android Devices is not a difficult task and is done with free software and Android SDK provided by Google, however by hiring Android Software Developers, you can concentrate on the requirements instead on the implementation.

GPS Tracker

GPS Software Applications for Android are really vast and with appropriate selection of the available software you can easily make out the best GPS tracker using Android powered devices. Lots of professional grade hardware devices do use Android and they do charge you a good amount of money. Carrying a GPS Device for listening to songs is not practical, but carrying a Mobile or Tablet with yourself can be easy and practical as well. Delve into the world of Android, make up your own best GPS Tracker or hire Android Application Developers to get for yourself a custom made GPS Tracking Solution. Whether you need to track Vehicles with GPS, Track Pets with GPS Devices or even your Luggage, there is an appropriate GPS Solution waiting for you to select and use.

Offline GPS Maps

GPS Devices are used to track location, navigate and for various other purposes. When using a GPS Enabled Device for navigation, you do need appropriate maps with optional voice navigation. In case you do have already a GPS Enabled Mobile Phone or Tablet and you do not want to spend money on buying a new GPS Device, you can download free offline maps or even buy offline maps for your mobile phone or for your tablet. Android Users can use Google Navigation tool to navigate through roads with voice navigation.

Google GPS Navigation

For Android Users, Google allows you to download offline maps on your Android Device by specifying a specific region of your desired country. Offline Maps can be of real help, when you do not want to spend money on transferring large data by paying your Mobile Company for 2G, 3G or 4G data connection. In case you do have access to a Wireless Network, you can download Google Maps for offline usage and once downloaded, you would not need data connection with your mobile operator to navigate using the GPS and Maps installed on your Android Phone.

Many tablets do not provide the functionality of inserting SIM Card and for such Tablet Users, the Offline Maps of Google can be of real help. Whether your Tablet does have the GPS functionality or not, the Offline Maps can really be of help when visiting an unknown location. Yes there are many other free and paid alternatives to Google Offline Maps. Sygic offers inexpensive offline maps for lots of countries and offers a 7 day free trial as well. On the other hand Navmii offers for offline Maps with GPS Navigation facilities as well.

GPS Tracking System for Vehicles

Tracking Vehicles with GPS Systems is now a days really popular. There are many ways in which you can track vehicles with available GPS Satellites. You can track vehicles on your Windows Computer, On your Android Mobile or Tablet device, with Macintosh Computer, an iOS Device or even with simple basic Mobile Phone using SMS Messages. There are many different parts in a complete GPS Solution and depending on your requirements and availability, and your budget you can select the best options and have your vehicle(s) tracked.

Track Vehicle with GPS

You can even get a custom made GPS Solution designed as per your needs, as there are two different kinds of payments required for every GPS System. A Custom built GPS Solution can provide you exactly what you need instead of trying to customize your requirements. A GPS Solution includes lots of technologies working together to give you complete Car, Truck or other Vehicle Tracking System. For tracking a Vehicle, you need to put a GPS Electronic device which can receive GPS Signals from the Satellites orbiting across the earth and it needs to have a mechanism to communicate the vehicle location to you using either GSM or CDMA Network by either sending SMS Messages or by connecting to the internet. Now the Electronic Device which send out Vehicle Location can be a Car Tracker, Mobile, Tablet or any other device which can send you Vehicle Location and must have the GPS functionality. There are Software & Hardware Solutions available for sending out GPS Locations with SMS or by Internet.

Once you do have an electronic device which can send you GPS Location of the vehicle on which it is mounted, you would need a way to view the received information. You can view the received vehicle location on a Windows Computer, an Android Phone / Tablet, a Nokia Phone or on a Macintosh Device such as iPhone, iPad , etc. Yes you would need an appropriate software / hardware to view and optionally control your vehicle. Now a days various electronic devices are available which can allow you to control vehicle remotely by sending SMS messages. Vehicle Tracking with GPS can give you sense of security and peace of mind about your vehicle location. Tracking vehicles with GPS can also be useful when your vehicle is going out of city or to an unknown location.

Nokia N8 Review

This review of Nokia N8 is unbiased review of the brilliant mobile phone from Nokia. This smartphone is a brilliant mobile handset from Nokia featuring various useful functionalities available now a days. There are good chances that you will find almost everything you are looking in a mobile phone. The Nokia N8 features FM Transmitter, FM Receiver, GPS Receiver, GPRS for internet connectivity, 12 Mega Pixel primary camera and another VGA camera that is termed as secondary camera in Nokia N8. There are many other features present in this unique mobile phone. This Review will try to talk about few of the features and provide a unbiased opinion.

On this website you will find lots of information about Nokia N8, have a look at technical specifications of Nokia N8 to know about various features of N8 in technical details. Nokia N8 features 2 cameras. One is High definition camera and other is low resolution camera for video calling, etc. The 12 Mega Pixel Camera of Nokia N8 performs it’s job brilliantly and so is the other camera. Have a sneak peek at video capabilities of Nokia N8 to know more about the video capabilities of the phone.

Nokia allows to run Native Symbian applications to be run, Java & Flash lite applications to run and of course you can use inbuilt browser to navigate to OVI Store and download free and trial applications on your mobile handset. OVI Store requires a simple registration. As Nokia N8 has inbuilt GPS Receiver, you can download various free GPS Applications such as Mg-maps, Speedometer, OVI Maps is already installed on Nokia N8. Browsing Internet, connecting with Social Networks, checking email, connecting pc to internet and much more is built into Nokia N8. In All this Nokia N8 is a brilliant mobile handset / smartphone with multi touch colorful screen and is packed with tons of functionalities & my review of Nokia N8 does say in a loud voice that this Nokia Mobile Phone is worth taking into consideration when buying a new mobile phone.

Nokia N8 GPS in Offline Mode

GPS is a free available technology to all users. Now GPS is just a signal from revolving satellites which give your electronic device such as Nokia N8 information about Latitude , Longitude, time, speed information etc. Practical usage of GPS to navigate anywhere on earth requires maps of the specified country. The whole maps of a specific country can be of really big size lets say starting from 100 MB for a small country to 500 MB for a big country. As the size of GPS maps can be quite huge, they can be used on offline or online mode. The Offline mode of GPS maps will use internet connected to the mobile and download the maps as and when required. However offline mode of GPS maps will store all the maps in your mobile’s memory (such as Nokia N8 mobile) and will use as and when required. The Offline mode may not require an active internet connection.

Yes GPS usage is free for everybody, however whether you are required to pay for GPS maps or not depends on whether you are using GPS maps in online or offline mode. Nokia N8 has an inbuilt 16 GB memory so you can easily download the OVI maps to your Nokia N8 mobile from OVI store updates, from a wifi connection or you can even download the free maps for your country from computer connected to internet.

In order to use the GPS functionality of Nokia N8 in online mode, you do not need to download anything and use the Nokia N8 to navigate anywhere in your country as long as your Nokia N8 is connected to internet. In case your Nokia N8 has the OVI maps loaded onto your mobile already, you can easily use the N8′s GPS in offline mode. The Settings of Nokia N8 also allows to switch on or off the Assisted GPS functionality. The Assisted GPS requires internet connection for a short duration of time to lock your position on GPS at startup. In case you do not have internet connection available or you do not want to spend internet usage for GPS functionality, you can switch off the Assisted GPS (or A – GPS) from the settings section.

Nokia’s OVI store provides a map loader application which can be used to download maps for offline usage. The map loader application provided by Nokia can be installed onto Nokia N8 mobile and can be used to download maps for offline usage from your computer connected to internet.

In summary, yes GPS is a freely available facility on your Nokia N8 mobile provided you do not use the Assisted GPS functionality and use the GPS maps (using OVI Maps or any other freely downloadable maps) in offline mode. Just remember that GPS receiver in your Nokia N8 mobile receives Latitude and Longitude from GPS Satellites which is free and then displaying the received Latitude and Longitude onto your Nokia N8 mobile has to be done by an application which can be pre-installed OVI maps, Mobile Google Maps, MGMaps or any other GPS Software and finally using maps in online mode will cost you internet charges (according to your GPRS connectivity and plan), using GPS maps in offline mode will not cost you internet charges and Assisted GPS (can be turned ON or Off from the settings of Nokia N8) will cost you internet charges (much lower as compared to that of online GPS navigation).

Nokia N8 Specifications in detail

Nokia N8 is one of the latest Nokia Smartphone with multi touch screen, 2 Mobile Cameras , GPS, GPRS, FM Receiver and transmitter and various other useful gadgets in this useful and comprehensive Nokia Mobile Phone. Given below are specification details of Nokia N8 with brief description of every technical gadget in the Mobile.

Nokia N8 has a multi touch touch screen of around 3.5″ with a resolution of 640 x 36 pixels. The screen color of every pixel can be anything from 16.7 million colours. The Multi touch feature of Nokia N8 mobile can be really useful when you want to zoom in into an image. In order to explore this multi touch feature, open up an image on Nokia N8 and use two fingers and expand it. The Nokia N8 mobile has an orientation sensor so you can view the image / video or anything else on the mobile in landscape or portrait mode by rotating N8 mobile sidewise or holding it in vertical position. Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light detector and Magnetometer are other sensors in Nokia N8 mobile.

Nokia N8 can be connected to various network for data and voice communication. Nokia N8 can communicate with 2G and 3G networks with GPRS / EDGE class B, multislot class 33. Nokia N8 has a inbuilt GPS receiver with configurable other GPS connectivity options such as Assisted GPS, Bluetooth GPS, etc. Nokia N8 can be used as a modem as well to connect your computer with 2G or 3G network. TCP / IP Support, WLAN, HSUPA Cat5 with max speed of 2.0 Mbps, HSDPA Cat9 with maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps make Nokia N8 a really sophisticated mobile phone.

Connectivity options of Nokia N8 to other mobiles / devices are also really vast. You can use Nokia N8 to transfer images, videos and other files to other mobile phone or any other device supporting Blutooth. Just power on your Nokia N8′s bluetooth and transfer files to and from other bluetooth supported devices such as Laptops, other Mobiles Phones, Desktop Computers with active external Bluetooth dongle, etc. You can also connect a USB cable to computer to connect your Nokia N8 to your laptop or desktop computer to transfer data to and from computer or install new applications onto your Nokia N8 mobile using Nokia OVI suite. Symbian, Java and other applications can be downloaded from internet and installed onto your Nokia N8 mobile phone. Inbuilt FM transmitter can be used to listen to songs played on your Nokia N8 mobile on another FM Radio receiver at a frequency configurable in the settings of Nokia N8 mobile. The HDMI connector can be used to watch videos from the Nokia N8 mobile onto your High Definition Television.

The Nokia N8 mobile has a single button at the front of the mobile screen which can be used to display the available icons of application in list format. By default Nokia N8 opens up with a configurable home screen. There are 3 configurable home screens available in Nokia N8. The customization of home screens of Nokia N8 can be done using widgets, shortcuts, icons, etc. Various ringtone formats are supported so there are good chances that most of the ringtone types will work fine on Nokia N8. The Mobile Phone’s theme can be selected from various pre-installed themes. There are buttons at the side of Nokia N8 to change volume of the speakers, lock the mobile, click photographs using either of the 12 Mega Pixel or 2 Mega Pixel camera.

Free GPS Applications for Nokia N8

Nokia N8 comes with pre-installed OVI Maps for navigation using GPS. The OVI maps are free to use on Nokia N8 and work in accordance with GPS functionality. There is another post in this blog which talks about updating the OVI application and downloading the OVI maps for the selected country on your Nokia N8 mobile.

Yes there are other free GPS applications available out there which you can install on your Nokia N8 mobile. The First one is Google Mobile Maps which ofcourse uses google maps for navigation. The Google Mobile Maps application can be downloaded from OVI store or from official google website for google mobile maps. On the official google mobile maps website you can even enter your mobile number and google will send you an sms describing how to download the free GPS application and install it. The Google Maps GPS application will require internet access using GPRS to provide you maps and provide GPS navigation.

There is another free GPS application which you can download on your Nokia N8 mobile and use it to navigate Yahoo Maps, Google Maps, Windows LIVE maps and even Open Street maps. The free GPS application is named as Mobile GMaps. This free GPS application can be downloaded from official website of Mobile GMaps and requires Java support. The Nokia N8 allows Java application to be run and hence you can easily download and run the Mobile GMaps application and use it for free.