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OnMyWay Now Available For iPhone & Android Users
Aug 26th
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Big news everyone!
I’m happy to announce OnMyWay is now available on the iPhone & Android devices!
Not sure what OnMyWay is?
OnMyWay is one of our FREE mobile apps that automatically keeps your friends, family or colleagues up-to-date on how far away you are from a meeting location without you having to take your hands off the wheel. OnMyWay is easy to use and lets you:
- Alert your friends, family, or colleagues of your ETA when heading to a meeting place, whether that be a restaurant, park, or a coffee shop.
- OnMyWay automatically sends out new alerts based on changes to your ETA without you having to pick up your phone.
- Sends an alert at the start of your trip to let others know you’ve left and an alert when you’re close to arriving so they know you’ve made it.
- OnMyWay integrates with contact information already stored in your phone so it’s easy to select who you want to send the OnMyWay alerts to.
- And your privacy is secure – OnMyWay does not share your location with the recipients, only how much time it will take you to arrive.
How does OnMyWay work?
Imagine this. You have plans to see your friend tonight at Tutta Bella Italian Restaurant in Seattle at 7pm. Usually, whether you’re running late, early, or otherwise, it’s hard, and unsafe, to communicate with your friend regarding how far away you are while on your way to the restaurant, right? Traditionally, you’d have to call your friend while you’re driving (with a Bluetooth enabled headset, of course) and let them know if you’re running late. OnMyWay makes this simple and automatic.
With an OnMyWay alert set up, as you drive to your destination, alerts will be sent to your friend (via SMS or e-mail), informing them of your ETA and trip status. At the start of your trip, an initial alert will be sent to to the receiver letting them know that you’re on your way to the meeting place. From there, depending on changes to your ETA due to any number of factors, additional alerts may be automatically sent to your friend to make them aware your arrival time has changed.
The best part? OnMyWay is completely FREE to download.
Where can you download OnMyWay?
For Android users, OnMyWay is available in the Android Market on your phone or from the QR code to the right.
For iPhone users, you can find it on the Apple App Store HERE.
Have any questions about OnMyWay? Feel free to ask them in the comments section below! I’ll get to them as soon as I can. :)
Want to check out a quick demo of OnMyWay in action?
TeleNav GPS Navigator Comes to Motorola CLIQ – Video Demo!
Sep 29th
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Some of you may have seen the rumors floating around lately regarding the applications that will come preloaded on Motorola’s upcoming CLIQ phone, the company’s first Android device running on T-Mobile’s network. Well, today T-Mobile officially announced details surrounding the CLIQ, including the preloaded applications and the date you can preorder this very cool device. We’re happy to say that TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 will be one of the applications CLIQ owners will be able to fire up from the first day they get their hands on the device. The service will come with a free two-week trial so CLIQ users can try the application out first hand. After that, users can get turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic information, more than 10 million points of interest and spoken address entry capabilities for $9.99/mo.
You can preorder the CLIQ starting Oct. 19 and it will be available in stores on Nov. 2, right in time for the holiday season. To give you a little taste of TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 running on the CLIQ, we took the phone out for a little drive around our headquarters here in Sunnyvale. As you’ll see in the video, the application for the CLIQ got us right to where we needed to go and did it in style, with cool features such as flipping to landscape mode when the physical keyboard slides out.
All of you T-Mobile subscribers be sure to check out the CLIQ and all of the preloaded apps including our TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5. You won’t be disappointed.
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Contest Continues
Aug 6th
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TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G
We’re keeping the giveaways running here on the TeleNav blog in support of our recent launch of TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 for the new T-Mobile myTouch 3G which is in stores now. This is a great looking Android-based device and as you can see from the video included in Mary Beth’s post from Monday, TeleNav GPS Navigator looks great running on the phone. A free 30-day trial of TeleNav GPS Navigator for the T-Mobile myTouch 3G is available now on our online store. The trial provides you with turn-by-turn onscreen and spoken directions, voice destination entry, access to more than 10 million business listings, gas by price search and real-time traffic information with one-button rerouting. If you’re satisfied with the trial, after the 30-day period you can purchase the application for just $9.99/mo.
Here’s today’s contest question. The first person to comment on this post with the correct answer to the following question will win the prize. Previous winners from this week’s contest are not eligible for a second prize.
- In the video demo included with Mary Beth’s post from Monday, what type of search do I conduct?
- Restaurant listings
- Hotel listings
- Gas by Price listings
- Wi-Fi Hotspot listings
Good Luck!
How to Get TeleNav GPS and a New Phone for Less Than $200!
Mar 26th
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TeleNav GPS Navigator on the Android-powered T-Mobile G1
Congratulations to the lucky Engadget reader who won a year of TeleNav GPS Navigator for her T-Mobile G1 today!
If you weren’t as lucky but are also looking for a ‘recession antidote,’ you may want to think about checking out Amazon’s current special on the G1. For just $98, you can purchase a brand new T-Mobile G1 and save about $300 off of the normal Amazon price.
After you get the phone, come back to our site and sign up for a full year of TeleNav for just $99! For less than $200, you will get a connected GPS navigation device that gives you turn-by-turn driving directions, 10 million business listings, traffic alerts, restaurant reviews and so much more.
Oh ya – you’ll also have a great phone!
Once you sign up, let us know what you think of the service. We love to get the feedback.
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