TeleNav GPS Navigator on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G

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.

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AT&T Navigator on the iPhone

We know that many of you have been waiting to hear when we would be launching on the Apple iPhone. Well, after some hints that we were working on an application, we’re very excited to announce with our partner AT&T that AT&T Navigator (powered by TeleNav) is available today for $9.99/mo. on Apple’s App Store.

iPhone owners may be aware that the recently launched OS 3.0 software update enables turn-by-turn navigation right from the phone, moving beyond the traditional mapping services previously available on the iPhone to provide a comprehensive voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation experience. Here at TeleNav, we’ve become the leader in developing navigation applications for hundreds of mobile phones and have used our expertise in this area to work with AT&T to develop a great iPhone application that delivers the experience you’ve come to associate with AT&T Navigator and TeleNav products. Here are just a few of the features AT&T Navigator brings to your iPhone:

• An always up-to-date experience - going beyond what you get with most personal navigation devices, AT&T Navigator for the iPhone uses the phone’s connectivity to ensure the maps and point of interest databases you’re depending on are up-to-date, with updates provided every three months
• Turn-by-turn, voice guidance - unlike map services iPhone users have used in the past, AT&T Navigator incorporates turn-by-turn, voice-guided directions. Now you can go beyond a basic map view of your location and receive guidance along your entire route, factoring in elements such as traffic and your personal route preferences. Your iPhone is instantly turned into a powerful personal navigation device
• Real-time traffic information - AT&T Navigator for the iPhone provides real-time traffic information and enables you to re-route around traffic at the push of a button
• Gas Price Information - utilizing your iPhone’s connectivity, AT&T Navigator can instantly return results for gas prices in your area, even breaking it down by grade. If gas is 10 cents/gallon cheaper a mile down the road, you’ll know about it and save at the pump 
• Millions of Points of Interest - iPhone owners will have access to more than 10 million points of interest with AT&T Navigator, ranging from restaurants to ATMs to Wi-Fi hotspots. No matter where you’re traveling, you will have instant access to any business you may need to locate and easily navigate to it
• Voice entry - AT&T Navigator for the iPhone incorporates voice entry, so not only can you type in an address or business, but with a single touch of the screen, you can speak it and the application will recognize the location and get you started on your way
• Planning ahead - although AT&T Navigator can provide directions whenever you need them, we know that some of you like to plan ahead. With the iPhone application, you can preplan online and send addresses and business listings from your computer to your phone. The next time you start the application, the addresses will be available and ready for you to navigate to 

Those are only a few of the features included in the application, so we encourage all of you iPhone owners to try the application for yourself. Once you try the application, please provide us with your feedback and be sure to rate the application on the App Store. We’re continually looking for feedback and ways to build upon our products.

We hope you enjoy AT&T Navigator on the iPhone and as mentioned before, we are certainly excited to be able to announce that the application is now live on the App Store. Click here to read today’s announcement.

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Both customers and press have contacted us asking what today’s iPhone 3.0 OS news from Apple means for TeleNav.

This is definitely an exciting day for iPhone users. We’re thrilled that Apple is opening up turn-by-turn GPS navigation capabilities with the release of iPhone 3.0.

That said, right now it’s too early for us to provide any information as it relates to TeleNav since this is fresh news. We look forward to reviewing the iPhone 3.0 SDK once it becomes available.

Thanks to all of you for your ongoing patronage and support. It’s always great to hear that TeleNav has so many happy customers. Stay tuned to our blog for updates on all of our services. You’ll hear it here first!

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TeleNav GPS Navigator on the AT&T BlackBerry Curve

According to AvianResearch, here is the list of Top 10 Most Popular Mobile Handsets in the U.S. for Sept:

1. RIM BlackBerry Curve - 26.1%
2. Apple iPhone - 9.2%
3. LG Dare - 7.9%
4. RIM BlackBerry Pearl - 6.6%
5. LG Voyager - 6.5%
6. Samsung Instinct - 5.8%
7. LG Rumor - 5%
8. LG Shine - 3.5%
9. Palm Centro - 2.9%
10. Nokia 5310 - 2.5%

Looks like the BlackBerry Curve beat out the iPhone by a landslide which may surprise many iPhone customers. LG also cleaned up nicely with four phones on the list.

What do you think? Any phone not on the list that you think should be?

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Author—Mary Beth Lowell - Communications Manager

Breaking news from Apple’s Developer Conference today - GPS will be on the new 3G iPhone! Click here for more details.

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