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Win a Year of TeleNav for You and a Friend – It’s Easy!
We all know someone who seems to always be getting lost or arriving to events “fashionably late.” Well, here’s your chance to help that person out and give them the gift of GPS navigation right on their phone. Better yet, you don’t have to pay for the gift and you’ll even get it for yourself too! That’s right, we’re giving away a total of TEN (two for each winning entry) one-year subscriptions to TeleNav’s GPS navigation applications including TeleNav GPS Navigator and applications we develop for our carrier partners including AT&T Navigator, Alltel Navigation and Sprint Navigation. That means if your friend has an Apple iPhone, T-Mobile myTouch 3G or G1, BlackBerry or any of the hundreds of devices we support, you can hook them up.
It’s easy to submit as well. To enter to win, visit MONDAY’S BLOG POST and leave a comment explaining why your friend deserves to win one of the GPS navigation applications we develop. Full contest details are available for review in the post as well.
While you’re deciding which of your friends is most deserving of your generosity, here are a couple of fun mobile phone facts*. As you may know, TeleNav celebrated it’s 10th anniversary last week and we thought we’d show you how things have changed from the day our doors opened in 1999 to now. Enjoy!
- Top Five Carriers in 1999 – AT&T, Vodaphone Airtouch, SBC Wireless, Bell Atlantic Mobile, Bell South Mobile Systems.
- Top Five Carriers Today – Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Alltel
- Total Wireless Subscribers in 1999 – 86 million
- Total Wireless Subscribers Today – 270.3 million (entering 2009)
- Total Wireless Revenues in 1999 – $40 billion
- Total Wireless Revenues Today – $148 billion
- Cell sites in the US in 1999 – 81,698
- Cell sites in the US Today – 192,068
- Average number of minutes used per month in 1999 - 242
- Average number of minutes used per month in 2009 – 800
- Average monthly mobile phone bill in 1999 – $41.24
- Average monthly mobile phone bill in 2009 – $50.07 (at end of 2008)
Cleary times have changed in the past 10 years. Now, go enter that contest and scoop up some free GPS navigation service for yourself and a friend.
* Data referenced from Telephony Magazine, the FCC, CTIA, RCR Wireless, IE Market Research and JD Power.
AT&T Navigator v1.5i Now Available for iPhone
about 2 days ago - 1 comment
Even though the holiday season has passed, it looks like the gifts keep on flowing for AT&T Navigator subscribers using an iPhone. AT&T Navigator v1.5i has just launched and provides a number of new features developed to make the navigation experience easier and more enjoyable for users. We’ve been listening to your feedback and have More >
Announcing the BerryScoop.com Contest!
about 1 week ago - No comments
It’s Monday! Okay, I’m going to ignore your groans because here at TeleNav, we love Mondays and that’s why we’re kicking it off with a little fun! Who we causing a stir with this time? Our friends from BerryScoop.com, that’s who!
So what’s the big fuss? Today, we’re announcing our contest with BerryScoop.com and three winners More >
Announcing the PocketBerry.com Contest!
about 4 weeks ago - No comments
PocketBerry is neither a pocket nor a berry, but what it is, is very cool. And because we like contests and we like to have a little bit of fun, we’re announcing our contest with our friends from PocketBerry.com!
Who should enter?
You!
Prizes
Three people will win a year subscription to our TeleNav GPS Navigator service!
How do you More >
Announcing The iPhone Blog Contest!
about 1 month ago - No comments
iPhone, you-Phone, we-all-Phone. Okay, that was dumb, but I promise you this next thing isn’t. To show you how much we love our iPhone AT&T Navigator (powered by TeleNav) users, we’ve teamed up with the good folks from The iPhone Blog to bring you our next big contest! Why enter? We’ve got great prizes to More >
TeleNav Asset Tracker Now Available from AT&T
about 1 month ago - No comments
As our world continues to become mobile, more and more businesses and government agencies depend on mobile workers and the use of expensive equipment in remote locations to meet their customers’ needs. This helps them provide customers with better, and often quicker, service, but also makes it difficult to keep track of where everyone and More >
AT&T Navigator v1.4i Now Avaliable for Apple iPhone
about 1 month ago - No comments
Happy Friday everyone! For those of you using AT&T Navigator (powered by TeleNav) on your Apple iPhone, you may have noticed that an update was made available for the application yesterday. We’ve released v1.4i of the application which packs in some very cool new features. We’ve put together a brief demo video to walk you More >
Get Santa’s Voice for Your TeleNav GPS Navigator and We’ll Give all Proceeds to Toys for Tots
about 2 months ago - 6 comments
Tired of the same old voice giving you GPS directions day in and day out? Looking for another way to get into the holiday spirit? We have just what you need …
Beginning today and running through the month of December, we are offering Santa’s voice for just $0.99 and we’ll donate ALL proceeds to Toys More >
Video: TeleNav Track demo’d at Interop NYC
about 2 months ago - No comments
Last week, we spent some time with AT&T at Interop in NYC. Take a look at this video to see AT&T’s Patrick O’Connor and TeleNav’s Chris Johnson give a demo on TeleNav Track and explain how it might help your business save money and improve operations.
Are you already using TeleNav Track or another GPS service More >
TeleNav Lends a Helping Hand
about 2 months ago - No comments
If you read the blog last week, you may remember this post from Selena G. regarding the kick-off of TeleNav’s Season of Giving. As Selena mentioned, this year we’re supporting the efforts of our local food bank, Second Harvest, through a food collection competition among the various departments here at TeleNav. We also became an More >
Sneak Peek – TeleNav GPS Navigator on BlackBerry Bold 9700
about 2 months ago - No comments
So here’s a nice treat for all of you on a Friday evening. We got our hands on an early version of T-Mobile’s upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9700 and took some time to shoot a brief, sneak-peek video of TeleNav GPS Navigator running on the phone. While there are a number of videos of the phone More >

about 4 months ago
Parents need tracking functionality for their teenager’s phone. TeleNav needs to provide a “lite” version of the TeleNav Track or something that allows realtime polling of the phone location.
NO cellular carrier has anything with the accuracy parents need. AT&T FamilyMap has accuracy measured in miles, and I suspect all the other carriers are providing the same poor accuracy. This is a huge market opportunity that would draw in a ton of new accounts if you provided this for parents.
It’s all about SAFETY….so please fill this void.
about 4 months ago
We need one because is not easy finding out friends
about 4 months ago
I used Telenav on my blackberry and really missed that feature when I went to the Iphone. Really glad when it was available for the Iphone. I downloaded it as soon as it was available. thanks
about 4 months ago
I have recently purchased a Blkberry Tour and it seems my carrier is blocking GPS service. I must now purchase their nav service, VZ Nav. Does Telenav have a workaround that I may use? If I install and use their nav product it opens up Mapi settings and I can use both VZ & Telenav. Please help and reply.
Your customer,
Ernest Walker
219-545-1111
about 4 months ago
ernest – you can purchase TeleNav on the BlackBerry Tour through our web site or through BlackBerry App World. Let me know if you have any additional questions. Thanks!