Well, the new phones continue to come down the pipeline and the latest is the Samsung Moment for the Sprint Network. The Moment is an Android based device and after having the chance to play around with it, I must say it’s one very slick device. And even better, Sprint Navigation (powered by TeleNav) worked beautifully on the device, with the large touch screen providing an excellent view of the application for easy navigation.
We decided to hop in the car and take the Samsung Moment and Sprint Navigation for a quick spin. It was around lunch time and I was craving some Indian food, so you’ll see in the video that we conducted a search for Indian restaurants in our area. Some of the features you’ll see in the demo video include visual and audio turn-by-turn directions, full text-to-speech including spoken street names, real-time traffic information and our point of interests search including rated listings.
The Samsung Moment hit stores this past Sunday, November 1. If you’re looking for a new phone and want something that will make your friends jealous, the Samsung Moment may be the phone for you. If you’ve already picked one up, tell us what you think about Sprint Navigation. We always appreciate your feedback.
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.
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.
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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.
Joshua Topolsky at Engadget says, ‘The software is really snappy, snappier than a lot of dedicated GPS units we’ve used.’
Matt Miller at ZDNet says, ‘I imagine TeleNav will quickly move to be one of the most downloaded applications and think it is a must have for those G1 owners looking for a GPS solution.’
Susan Helander at Android Community says, ‘Overall, I found the program to be very responsive, accurate and useful. It is one that I can see myself using frequently.’
These are just a few of the reviews that TeleNav GPS Navigator on the T-Mobile G1 has received. Now that it’s available for everyone, we want your review. Click here to try the free 30-day trial and then come back to give us your feedback.
A few reviewers have had a chance to test out the beta version of the software in advance of the launch. If you haven’t had time to check out their reviews, here is a very thorough video review from Matt Miller at ZDNet. It should give you a good idea of what the service will look like on your G1.
TeleNav GPS Navigator on the Android-powered T-Mobile G1
Well, when ya got it, ya got it and while we try so very hard to stay humble here at TeleNav, it’s hard not to feel proud and brag boast just a bit when we launch another industry first.
TeleNav GPS Navigator on the T-Mobile G1 will work in both landscape and portrait mode and will include full-color 3D turn-by-turn navigation, speech recognition, traffic alerts with rerouting, weather updates, restaurant reviews, gas prices, over 10 million business listings and more. If you want, you can even preplan your trips online through My TeleNav and use our browser plug-in to save addresses directly from other web sites!