The AT&T Navigator app for iPhone got an update recently, and adds an interesting new feature. From any menu screen, simply shake the iPhone to make the app route you to a predefined “home” address. No need to work through the menus: simply shake your phone. That sounds like a convenient feature. More inside. → Read More
To me, geo-tagging in photography hasn’t really held much interest. Sure, it’s helpful when you see someones work that you admire, but generally I’ve always felt that it was kind of silly. TeleNav is looking to change that, through the use of a device that will show you images to places in your area that have been tagged. → Read More
What? Are you surprised? Telenav announced today that when the T-Mobile myTouch 3G goes on sale tomorrow, their turn-by-turn nav system will be one of the first available for the second Android-powered device. A 30-day free trial will be available for myTouch 3G owners starting on August 5. After that you’ll have to fork over $10/month for the service. To be honest, it’s actually worth it. → Read More
The GPS Navigation system has become a utility that is essential to travel, whether it be daily commute or cross country excursion. Once seen a luxury, this now-necessity has been a sweeping success all around the globe, allowing the world’s atlases right at your fingertip with near surgical precision in tracking and guidance. TeleNav, established veteran of the GPS marketplace, has really taken the time to make a fully functioning turn-by-turn system for the Android platform. Availability is currently limited to the G1, though we assume they’ll branch out to other devices as Android grows. → Read More
Were you disappointed by this mornings news that the other nuvifone wouldn’t be sportin’ the droid? So were we. Then we realized it wasn’t so much because we cared for the new nuvifone, but because we just wanted turn-by-turn navigation on an Android phone. Turns out, we don’t have much longer to wait. According to their new product page, we should be using Telenav’s GPS Navigator for Android to find the nearest Starbucks by February 24th. You’ll get 30 days free, after which point it’ll set you back $10 bucks a month. So what does a monthly Hamilton get you? → Read More
TeleNav’s Shotgun PND is prepping for an update packed with two exciting features that should be launching in the next day or two. The Internet-connected GPS device will soon allow you to record miles driven and rate/review POIs. The data is stored and downloadable (Excel or PDF) from My TeleNav for up to two years. That should come in handy for the road warriors when submitting expenses and such. → Read More
We’ve been around for a few years now and we know that a lot of you have been following us since the beginning so we wanted to reward those folks. Think of it as our version of Best Buy’s Reward Zone program. Otherwise known as the CrunchGear Loyalty Rewards Program. TeleNav has always been supportive of us and so we’ve teamed up to give away a years worth of free service for your Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Storm. So how do you win? → Read More
Thanks to everyone for entering. The following readers came closest to the winning price of $4.095: Eric, Sam, and Cory. You’ll be receiving an e-mail soon, guys. Thanks for playing. → Read More
Hey, look – gas prices keep going up! How about that? We can’t save you any money on gas but we can give you three free months of TeleNav GPS service on your cell phone. There’s a feature that finds cheap gas in your nearby vicinity, too. Hey, I guess we CAN save you money on gas in a roundabout way. Here’s more info… TeleNav GPS Navigator includes access to updated gas prices for thousands of local gas stations around the country. You can quickly search for the cheapest gas in your area and get GPS turn-by-turn directions there. Gas prices are listed in the Business Finder directory under "Gas by Price." Sounds easy enough, right? Here’s how the contest will work… Leave a comment with a guess at what the June 30th national average price for regular-grade gasoline will be (it’s currently $4.082 as of Monday, see the chart above). Make sure to use your actual e-mail address in the comment form so we can contact you if you win. The three geniuses with the closest guesses will each win three months of TeleNav GPS service for use on their cell phones. If you comment more than once, we’ll use your most recent comment for the contest. Guessing ends at 11:59 PM EDT one week from today, Wednesday, June 25th. Winners will be contacted soon after the new national averages are released on the Energy Information Administration’s web site on Monday, June 30th. Make sure to add that extra decimal place to your guess to ensure you get as close as possible. So to reiterate: Get your guess in by 11:59 PM EDT on Wednesday, June 25th. Then check back on Monday, June 30th to see if you’ve won. No purchase necessary! Many will enter, few will win! Good luck and have fun! Check phone compatibility here [TeleNav.com] → Read More
I’ve had a couple weeks to fiddle around with TeleNav’s Bluetooth GPS receiver and there isn’t a whole lot to review other than the fact that it works great. It immediately synced with my T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve which is sans GPS via Bluetooth and I was on my merry way. Of course, it didn’t work while in NYC, which is sort of a given so I had to wait until I was outside of the city. I also tested it extensively while in Philadelphia for the Star Wars exhibit and then again in San Diego last week. → Read More
Now that the worst Hallmark holiday has passed us it’s time for a contest! Once again, TeleNav has been generous enough to give the lucky winner three free months of service. So how do you win? It’s pretty easy, really. Tell us over at BFF your worst Valentine’s Day horror story – getting lost on the way to your date, being stuck in traffic, not knowing where the hell you’re going with that new hottie, or not being able to find the secret spot for that late night booty call. Just put “WVDE” in the subject line. Got it? Good. Now get to it. Same rules apply as always for contests at BFF. The most votes wins and the contest will end on Wednesday at 12PM EST. → Read More
When I switched from the Sidekick Slide, I decided to stay with T-Mobile since I’m month-to-month with them rather than jumping to AT&T or Verizon or Sprint. So my BlackBerry Curve is sans GPS, but has Wi-Fi instead. It sort of evens out. Well, in the three weeks that I’ve been away I’ve done some driving and on a few occasions I forgot to bring my Helio Ocean, which meant I was without GPS. Sure, Google Maps is somewhat spot on, but there’s nothing like having GPS when you really need it. So, I was super happy when I checked into the TC/GC office earlier today and found a bevy of packages waiting for me. It was like Christmas. The smallest package happened to be the coolest one of the bunch and it was Telenav’s GPS receiver. It’s a tiny little guy and has a rubberized back so you can throw it up on the dash of your car and not worry about it sliding around. This, too, will get put through its paces over the next week or so. Stay tuned. [photopress:IMGP4948.JPG,thumb,pp_image] Product Page → Read More
[photopress:TeleNav_GPS_Navigator_on_the_TMobile_UK_8310.jpg,thumb,left] One of our favorite mobile phone GPS providers, TeleNav, is bringing its unlimited 3D moving maps with voice and on-screen turn-by-turn driving directions to Europe. All the good stuff you’ve been wanting is now in the palm of your hands, Europe. If you own one of the following BlackBerries: the Curve, Pearl, 7130, 8700 and 8800 models now have a mobile GPS solution thanks to T-Mo UK. The service is available now and runs £49.99/year. Other great features include: → Read More
Over the river and through the woods indeed — the next few weeks are going to be some the nastiest travel weeks ever. Take snow, sleet, the flu, poor logistics, and a few million roadside assistance calls and you’ve got a nightmare waiting to happen. We want to make your holiday travel a little easier and, thanks to the good people at AT&T and Telenav, we have two Blackerry 8310 with three months Telenav service to give away to two lucky — or actually unlucky — readers. → Read More
My family recently caught the GPS bug, probably because they’re tired of hopping onto MapQuest every time they go farther than the local mall. They ask me which models/software I’d recommend and I throw out all the big names, including TeleNav, which can now be found on the HTC Advantage (TeleNav v5.1, to be exact). All the standard TeleNav rules apply here, including the $9.99 monthly fee for the service. Of course, you’ll have to pick up an Advantage (or two), which as of today is available for purchase—unlocked—at CompUSA and Amazon.com for a mere $899. Apparently, it’s the perfect device for three days on the road. Who knew? TeleNav → Read More
Hey folks, back on July 6 we wrapped up a contest for TeleNav’s GPS Navigator service awarding two lucky readers a Bluetooth GPS receiver and 3 months of TeleNav service. People entered. We picked winners. And then we promptly forgot to ever mention the winners. Our bad. As you may recall, the contest involved coming up with a creative way to use the service’s location-sharing features. Winner #1 was Rob D. who participated in a cross-country race on scooters last year and believed TeleNav would’ve been perfect to keep tabs on the 30 or so people involved. Having this service would have allowed other people to see the 30 of us stretched out across the country, who was in the lead, who was last, etc. Also, if someone were to break down, they would be easier to find, which could be life saving if someone were stuck on the side of the road at night. Winner #2 was Shayna F. who suggested using the service for one of our favorite pastimes at CG: Sticking it to the man! Spare the masses one more “boycott big oil and don’t buy gas on XX day!” spam err email; let’s all share our locations and price of gas and start a revolution! Thanks to everyone who participated and to TeleNav for the prizes. Now, check out our new contest. → Read More
Canadians get all the fun stuff: Socialized healthcare, clean air, provinces and territories instead of states. And now, along with getting the BlackBerry 8830 smartphone, they’ll be getting GPS Nav from Bell, powered by TeleNav GPS. We just so happen to be giving away free service right now if you’d like to test out the wonders of TeleNav’s GPS service on your Blackberry. TeleNav is donating a Bluetooth GPS receiver and 3 months of TeleNav service for two lucky readers. Here’s how to win: Tell us your most creative idea for using the new “share my location” features (hit the jump to read more about the feature). Maybe a nice game of tag? Perhaps using it to organize a revolution of some sort? Whatever you think of, e-mail it to us at: contest at crunchgear dot com. Use the subject line SHARE YOUR LOCATION. The top two entries win the prize. We’re extending the contest to MONDAY, JULY 2, to give everyone some more time to enter. The service is available for select handsets and devices from all the major carriers. Check here to see if yours is supported. Hit the jump to read the full details on the new features. Many thanks to TeleNav! → Read More
Last week we mentioned the latest version of TeleNav GPS Navigator, with new features including finding, sharing and rating the locations of businesses, restaurants or even where you found cheap gas. To celebrate the release, the company is donating a Bluetooth GPS receiver and 3 months of TeleNav service for two lucky readers. Here’s how to win:Tell us your most creative idea for using the new “share my location” features. Maybe a nice game of tag? Perhaps using it to organize a revolution of some sort? Whatever you think of, e-mail it to us at: contest at crunchgear dot com. Use the subject line SHARE YOUR LOCATION. The top two entries win the prize. The contest ends a week from today, June 29, just in time for you to use it for Independence Day festivities. The service is available for select handsets and devices from all the major carriers. Check here to see if yours is supported. Hit the jump to read the full details on the new features. Many thanks to TeleNav! → Read More
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