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How to: Win an iTunes Gift Card & More with Jungle!
Aug 27th
TweetWhat’s playing on YOUR iPhone, TeleNav Nation?
What’s playing on YOUR iPhone, TeleNav Nation? 
Want to add something new to your playlists or rotation?
Then stick with me.
Recently, as you may know, we launched a new free app called Jungle! As a quick recap, Jungle! is an online marketplace app (available for the iPhone and iPod Touch) that allows you to buy, sell, and search for items or services right from your phone. It’s different than most online marketplaces because it uses GPS to help you sort through relevant search results. For example, if you’re searching for a textbook, Jungle! will find the most relevant results and sort them by distance (in miles) based on your location. We think this is extremely useful because for most of us, when we’re in the market for a product, weigh value against cost and distance. As an item’s cost or distance increases, it becomes less likely we’ll want to buy that product, right? We think so anyways. ;)
But a recap of Jungle! is not what you’re interested in right now. What you want to know is…
… How do I win iTunes Gift Cards with Jungle!?
It’s simple. Just do the following:
1. Download Jungle! to your iPhone or iPod Touch
2. Register your email address (if we cannot contact you, it’s hard to give you a prize!).
3. There is no 3rd step!
Every 100th person who downloads Jungle! and registers their email address within the app will win one of fifty (50) $20 iTunes Gift Cards!
But there’s one more way to win!
We wanted to make things just a little bit more interesting and upped the stakes.
For every 50th item posted for sale within Jungle!, we will buy it for double the listed price (for up to $100.00)!
Want more information? The Official Jungle! Contest Rules can be found HERE.
You can also download Jungle! on the Apple App Store HERE.
So here’s the question, TeleNav Nation: If you won an iTunes Gift Card, what’s album would you buy?
OnMyWay Now Available For iPhone & Android Users
Aug 26th
TweetBig news everyone!
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?
HOW TO: Set Up Shake-To-Go on AT&T Navigator v1.5i
Jun 7th
TweetWhen do you usually use GPS Navigation?
When do you usually use GPS Navigation?
Most of the time, when you use GPS to get to a destination, you use it when you want to drive to an unfamiliar place, right? But what if you want to use it to get to a place where it’s just the opposite – you want to go to a place you’re very familiar with? What do you do? Of course in a situation like this, we’re talking about your home and if you’re an AT&T Navigator user on the iPhone, I have just the solution for you.
So why would you need to navigate back to your home? You certainly know where it is, right?
Well, of course you know where your home is (I would hope anyways). But what if you’re coming from an unfamiliar area? Finding a route may be difficult and spending time entering in your home address every time is a hassle. This is exactly where “Shake-To-Go” comes in which is a feature available on AT&T Navigator v1.5i for the Apple iPhone.
With Shake-To-Go, all you have to do is shake your phone within AT&T Navigator, and it will automatically navigate you back to a predetermined location It’s a really handy feature that saves you time and energy, when all you want to do is get on the road back home!
Setting it up is simple too. All you have to do is enter in your home address and you’ll be shaking & going in no time!
HOW TO: Set up Shake-To-Go
1. Launch AT&T Navigator on your iPhone
2. On the main screen, select “Tools & Extras”
3. Click “Home Address.”
4. Then click “New.”
5. To manually enter in your home address, select “Address.” Otherwise select one of the other options.
6. Enter in your home address.
7. Verify your home address’ information is correct and hit “Save.”
8. Shake it like a Poloroid picture to launch navigation to your home address!
9. Why are you looking at #9? You’re done! :)
Setting up Shake-To-Go on AT&T Navigator for the iPhone is that simple! Of course, your “Home Address,” doesn’t have to be your home address at all – it can be any number of places you navigate to the most. Maybe it’s your favorite restaurant, store, or friend’s house. Regardless of what address you enter, with Shake-To-Go, we’re trying to make it easier for you to get to the place you visit the most!
Any questions about this? Please ask them in the comment section below! We’re happy to answer them for you.
Attention Canada: Rogers Navigator Now On The iPhone!
Apr 5th
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WHERE CAN I GET IT?
Yup, you heard it right.
All of that Rogers Navigator goodness can now be found on the popular device made from the most famous fruit company in the world!
KEY FEATURES
- Full-Color 3D Moving Maps – 3D maps that turn, move, and stop with you and can be seen in portrait or landscape view.
- Speech Recognition - Want to speak in addresses or search for businesses instead of typing? That’s no problem because you can!
- Voice & On-Screen Turn-By-Turn Driving Directions - Get up-to-the minute voice and on-screen guidance, including street names. Don’t worry if you miss a turn – Rogers Navigator will re-route you.
- Real-time Traffic Alerts & One-Click Re-Routing – We all know that traffic happens but Rogers Navigator monitors your specific route and will search every five minutes for congestion or incidents.
- Other useful information on the screen, including:
- Estimated-time-of-arrival (to your destinations
- Distance to the next turn
- Both the current and upcoming street along the route
- Listings for Businesses & Services – At your fingertips, you have access to businesses and listings all over Canada so you can find exactly what you’re looking for!
- Contact Integration - Rogers Navigator on the iPhone makes it easy to navigate you to all the contacts already in your phone!
- Online Trip Pre-planning - Want to instantly send an address from your PC to your iPhone? Just go to rogers.telenav.com, enter in the location and hit send!
- Shake-to-Go - Want to find your way home and got a little rhythm? Just shake your iPhone and it’ll instantly take you home!
- Last Origin – Want to go back to where you started? Last Origin makes it easy to get there!
- Integrated iPod Controls - You can listen to your music & use Rogers Navigator at the same time. Even better? The music will fadeout when the GPS’ voice speaks.
- Customized preferences include:
- Pedestrian mode
- Bluetooth connectivity for speech entry as well as audio playback through vehicle speakers
- Pause and resume navigation at any time
- Option for “nighttime” display mode for easier viewing in the dark.
WHERE CAN I GET IT?
Available as a free download from the Apple App Store, Rogers Navigator includes unlimited use for $4.99 per month.
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