Folks, if you think Google Maps and Traffic is only for people with the new BlackBerry phones, think again. I have a Treo 650 (almost 2 years old now), and stumbled upon Google Maps on my Treo web browser. In a matter of seconds, I had the application downloaded and working right in the Palm of my hand (pun intended).

This is certainly one of the most helpful free services I can think of. Katie and I were heading to Fair Park (Dallas) last night to catch Camelot (which was incredible), and came upon some traffic while nearing downtown. Those of you in Dallas know there are many options to traversing across or around the downtown area. I picked up the Treo, punched the Google Maps icon (because we Treo people have a touch screen.... take that CrackBerries), and in less than 10 seconds I had an overview of the downtown area. Just a simple glance at the color coded roads told me traffic on I-30 was far better than the Woodall Rogers overpass. We also have a Garmin Nuvi (another extremely helpful device), but Garmin asks you to "subscribe" to traffic data.

Google Mobile Maps/Traffic is incredible. It's fast, it's free, and it's extremely helpful. Get it at www.Google.com/gmm.