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TeleNav GPS Navigator on the T-Mobile G1
(Credit: TeleNav)On Thursday, TeleNav announced that starting February 24, it will make its location-based service, TeleNav GPS Navigator, available to T-Mobile G1 owners, bringing real-time turn-by-turn navigation to the Google Android smartphone.
In addition to turn-by-turn driving directions, TeleNav GPS Navigator offers traffic alerts with one-click rerouting, business searches (with more than 10 million listings), gas prices, weather updates, and restaurant reviews.
Speech recognition is also supported, meaning that you'll be able to press a button on the G1, dictate an address or business, and TeleNav will then route to the destination. Alternatively, you can preplan trips through TeleNav's Web site and send it to your phone.
TeleNav is no stranger to the business, providing its navigation services to a number of GPS-enabled smartphones and carriers, including Sprint and AT&T. Developing an application for Android and G1 owners was an important step for the company, according to TeleNav co-founder and Senior Director of Marketing Sal Dhanani.
The service will initially be available only through TeleNav but will then make its way to Android Market later this year. G1 users can go to TeleNav's Web site to sign up for a 30-day free trial of the service; afterward, it will cost $9.99 per month for unlimited use.
Bonnie Cha is a senior editor for CNET, covering smartphones and GPS. When she's not testing the latest gadgets, you can find her chasing after her crazy lab or surfing in the chilly waters of Northern California. E-mail Bonnie.
Subscription based....
Time to Donate to AndNav2 and get US servers online.
The EU has had Turn By Turn for some time, cnet never seems to mention it.
I'd do it, but I'm not a programmer. :P
There is a program called "AndNav" that was doing just what you wanted, but due to the rule above they were not able to get it done. Now the AndNav program is dependent on the server being hosted with all the mapping data. They have a server in Europe, but in America $$$$ has become an issue.
Server hosting is expensive.
Go to andnav.org to learn more, the the general section there is a post about "no USA servers"
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by garment69
February 14, 2009 5:08 AM PST
- Agreed about the subscription model. garmin for blackberry is $99 for the life of the phone. If you hunt for a discount code you can get it for $79. Truthfully, I hate the ota service. Let me load my maps on my 16 gb data card so I dont have to rely on data service. Just like Tom Tom for Winmo.
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