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My.TeleNav.com: Pre-Planning Routes Has Never Been Easier!
Apr 28th
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Picture this.
You’re a TeleNav GPS Navigator customer and you’ve just received an email invitation to a party. Where is it? As it happens, it’s at a location that you have no idea how to drive to but thankfully *dramatic pause* you’ve got TeleNav GPS Navigator (or AT&T Navigator, Sprint Navigation, or Rogers Navigator)!
So finding the venue won’t be an issue but that still leaves one problem – right now, you’re at your desk and you need to get to the party venue address from your computer into TeleNav GPS Navigator on your phone. Realizing this, you pause, because you know doing this is a tedious and potentially disastrous process. Could you imagine if you input one number or letter of an address incorrectly?
What to do?
Don’t worry because we have you covered! We want to let you know about “My TeleNav,” our online mapping and trip pre-planning application that allows you to quickly send addresses directly from your computer to your phone without having to enter any of the information in by hand.
Getting Started
- Go to My.TeleNav.com
- Click “First Time User” to register and receive a PIN number which will sent to your phone via text message.
- Login into My.TeleNav.com with your phone number & PIN number.
Inside My.TeleNav.com
Ta-da! From here, you can now easily pre-plan destinations into your GPS Navigator just by copying & pasting any address directly from you computer and entering it into My.TeleNav.com. In addition to this, on “My TeleNav,” you can also:
- Manage all of your addresses and organize them into different categories or folders.
- Import addresses from you email accounts including Outlook, Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo!
- Easily find restaurants, gas stations, and other points-of-interest with one push of a button.
- Rate & review businesses, establishments, and more.
- Find upcoming local events.
- Get the latest 7-day weather forecast for an area.
- Calculate walking routes and calories burned with our online pedometer.
- Personalize maps with a drawing tool and easily share them to your friends
Note: In order to see any updates including newly sent or deleted addresses, be sure to click the “refresh” button within “My Favorites” in the application on your phone.
Have you used “My TeleNav?” What has been your experience with it? We would love to know!
Did You Know? Tips for Launching TeleNav from Your BlackBerry Outlook Programs
Feb 27th
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For those of you have TeleNav GPS Navigator on your phone, you’re probably very familiar with the three convenient ways to enter an address into the application. You may even have a favorite one that you like to use. Well just in case you forgot the options, here is just a friendly reminder:
- You can type the address directly into your handset
- You can speak the address using voice recognition
- You can enter it via your ‘My TeleNav’ account on our web site and send it to your phone (don’t forget our TeleNav plug-in for your browser to so you can easily save addresses from websites)
We’re always working on new ways to make the service easier to use on your phone so it made sense to us that we should also add the ability to launch TeleNav directly from an address in your Address Book, an appointment in your Calendar or even from within an email. Some of you have asked for this in the past … and we’ve delivered! This capability is initially available for BlackBerry customers using the latest versions of our service.
Here’s how it works:
When you select a contact in your Blackberry address book, scroll down to their address and then hit the BlackBerry Menu button. The first option you will see is ‘Drive To.’ When you select ‘Drive To,’ TeleNav GPS Navigator will automatically launch and begin giving you turn by turn driving directions from your current location. You could also select ‘Business Search’ (or ‘Search Nearby’) to look for a gas station or restaurant near their office or select ‘Map It’ just to see a general map overview of their location.
Launching TeleNav from an address in Your Address Book
You can also do this by clicking on an address within any email…
Launching TeleNav from an address in an email
or in your BlackBerry Calendar.
Launching TeleNav from an address in Your BlackBerry Calendar
Imagine how handy this can be while you’re on the go or to get quick and easy directions to appointments during the day. No need to type in or call in an address.
So give it a try and tell us what you think! Have you already used this before? Let us know! Happy Driving!
AT&T Navigator, Powered by TeleNav, on the BlackBerry Bold
Oct 22nd
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In case you missed it, AT&T announced the upcoming launch of the BlackBerry Bold today. It will be available for purchase on Nov. 4th.
Here’s a sneak peak at what AT&T Navigator, powered by TeleNav, looks like on the Bold.
….Speaking of Nov. 4th, if you have not discovered the amazing invention of voting by mail (I am a HUGE fan), then you may be wondering where in the world you are supposed to go to vote on election day.
Wonder no more – just click on this link to search for your polling place. Once you have the address, use the TeleNav Browser Plug-in to send it to your phone via “My TeleNav.” It’s very easy and you’ll now be able to get turn-by-turn directions. Don’t forget to vote!
Preplan Your Trip Online with “My TeleNav”
Oct 15th
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Do you know you can preplan your trips online and send addresses to your phone for use with TeleNav GPS Navigator later?
It’s easy – go to www.telenav.com and click on “My TeleNav” which is on the top of the page.
You will need to know your phone number and your password. You should have received your password in SMS when you activated your TeleNav GPS Navigator account. If not, or if you want to change your password, please contact our customer care team.
On My TeleNav, you can look for businesses, save addresses, read restaurant reviews and even share locations with other people. Once you find a business or save an address, you can click on “send to phone” and they will be easily accessible in your “My Favorites” folder next time you launch TeleNav GPS Navigator.
This online tool is great for preplanning client meetings or even vacation destinations.
Have any tips for how we can improve it? Let us know!
Have You Tried the TeleNav Browser Plugin?
Aug 6th
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Author – Mary Beth Lowell – Communications Manager
A few months ago, we launched the TeleNav Browser Plugin which allows TeleNav GPS Navigator customers the ability to save an address to their My Favorites folder directly from a web site.
Once downloaded, the TeleNav plugin looks like this on your toolbar:
This really comes in handy as a shortcut for saving addresses to MyTeleNav (which will sync up with your phone when you launch TeleNav GPS Navigator).
For example, if I’m looking at a web site for a restaurant to see if I like their menu, I can find the address, highlight it, then click on the TeleNav icon on my browser toolbar. When logged into MyTeleNav, it will automatically save the address for me to use later.
If you haven’t played with MyTeleNav or downloaded the TeleNav Browser Plugin, try them out and let us know what you think. This makes sending and saving addresses to your phone so much easier!
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