In our next release (which we hope to release to android within a few weeks) there’ll be several small changes, two of them more special and social.

• The first feature, Wazers nearby,  shows you the closest fellow wazer within a certain radious.
• The second feature, Wazer Royalty,   highlights that wazers that contribute most with a crown.  Because we’re in process of changing the points system – the criteria for getting the crown is still being discussed.

• And there’s more… addicted road munchers will love this one: in settings, ability to set preference for a  dot eating-intensive route to your destination.  We’re adding fun to new road recording… when recording your car is transformed into an animated asphalt roller.  Curious about a nearby wazer? You’ll be able to click on the wazer and view points and rank details.

Many of these were suggested by you. So keep them coming!

We had a great week at waze. We reached an all times high, in all metrics:  Traffic to the site. Downloads, Concurrent users, and Daily user reports. The map was LOADED.

Also got a great review on Lifehacker.com and many mentions by blogs that helped us recruit Windows Mobile and Symbian alpha users as we are getting close to the official release of these platforms.  Thanks  gadgetsteria.com,  mobilitydigest.com,  ppcgeeks.com, wmexperts.com,  1800pocketpc.com,  pocketnow.com, fuzemobility.com,  theunwired.net for the mentions and help in recruiting

Android communities always make us feel warm n’ fuzzy inside here at waze, and today was no different – we were chosen as one of the top 50 apps for Android on Androinica, a blog dedicated to Google’s Android project and the Open Handset Alliance! Click here to take a look at our little write up and those of our fellow winners…