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.
Looking for a great GPS device for under $200? Look no further than your new Verizon BlackBerry Storm.
Verizon announced this week that it has cut the price of its BlackBerry Storm in half to just $99. Add one year of TeleNav GPS Navigator service to that (also only $99) and you have a great GPS device for under $200. Or, if you prefer to try it out for a month for free to make sure you like it, you can do that via our website as well.
TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 on the Verizon BlackBerry Tour
Today marks the final day of Tour de BlackBerry Week on the TeleNav blog. We’ve really enjoyed hosting the daily contest and setting the winners up with TeleNav GPS Navigator on their phones. If you’ve missed previous posts from this week, we’ve been giving away a one-year subscription to TeleNav GPS Navigator each day (or one of the navigation applications from our carrier partners) in support of the launch of TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 for the recently launched Verizon BlackBerry Tour.
TeleNav GPS Navigator transforms your phone into a full-featured navigation device, complete with onscreen and spoken turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic information with one button rerouting, more than 10 million points of interest, the ability to set traffic alerts so you know what traffic is like on your commute home before getting in the car, and the comfort of knowing you’re always navigating on the most up-to-date maps available. For a 30-day trial, visit our online store.
Thanks again to everyone for participating in the contest. Here’s our final trivia question. The first person to comment on this blog with the correct answer will win the prize.
Including this year’s race, how many total Tour de France races have been held?
Good luck and thanks again to everyone who participated this week. We’ll have more contests on the blog, so keep reading!
TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 on the Verizon BlackBerry Tour
It’s day four of Tour de BlackBerry Week here on the TeleNav blog and once again, we’re giving away a one-year subscription to TeleNav GPS Navigator (or one of the navigation applications from our carrier partners) in support of the launch of TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 for the new Verizon BlackBerry Tour. I’ve been using the Tour for the last few days (video here) and have to say that RIM has definitely produced another great BlackBerry device.
For those of you who might not be familiar with TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5, the application provides spoken turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic information with one-button rerouting, more than 10 million points of interest and online pre-planning capabilities. For more information on purchasing TeleNav GPS Navigator and receiving a 30-day trial, visit our online store.
If you haven’t had the chance to read the blog this week, we’ve been giving away a prize each day to the first person to correctly answer a question about the Tour de France.
Here’s today’s trivia question. The first person to comment on this blog with the correct answer will win the prize.
If Lance Armstrong pulls out the win in the 2009 Tour de France, how many total Tour de France titles will he have won in his career?
Good luck and visit the blog tomorrow for the final day of Tour de BlackBerry Week.
If you’ve been following the TeleNav blog this week, you know that we’ve been holding TeleNav Tour de BlackBerry week in support of the launch of TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 for the new Verizon BlackBerry Tour. Well, the fun continues today as we’re giving away another one-year subscription to TeleNav GPS Navigator (or one of the turn-by-turn applications from our carrier partners) to the first person to correctly answer a Tour de France trivia question.
In the earlier posts from this week, we mentioned many of the features included in TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5, so today we thought it might be best to show you the application in action on the Verizon BlackBerry Tour. We set out last week on a trip to a local Starbucks here in Sunnyvale and took a video camera along to demonstrate how quickly and easily TeleNav GPS Navigator turns the Tour into a full-featured GPS device. We posted the video on YouTube, so go check it out here. If you’re impressed by what you see, visit our online store for a 30-day trial and to purchase TeleNav GPS Navigator for your phone.
And now for today’s trivia question. The first person to comment with the correct answer wins.
What is the total distance (in kilometers) cyclists in the 2009 Tour de France will cover from start to finish?
Good luck and visit the blog tomorrow for another chance to win.
TeleNav GPS Navigator on the Verizon BlackBerry Tour
Today is the second day of Tour de BlackBerry week here on the TeleNav blog. For those of you who missed yesterday’s post, we’re giving away a one-year subscription of TeleNav GPS Navigator to the first person who answers a trivia question regarding the Tour de France. Why are we doing this you might ask?
Well, last week we announced that TeleNav GPS Navigator is available on the new Verizon BlackBerry Tour, which just launched this past Sunday, July 12. The BlackBerry Tour is certainly one of the hot phones on the market right now and by adding TeleNav GPS Navigator, you can bring a full-featured navigation experience right to your Tour complete with spoken turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic, more than 10 million points of interest and online pre-planning capabilities. For more information on purchasing TeleNav GPS Navigator and receiving a 30-day trial, visit our online store.
Now it’s time to give away a one-year subscription of TeleNav GPS Navigator (or one of the navigation applications from our carrier partners Sprint, AT&T or Alltel). The version of the application we’ll be giving away will be determined by the model and carrier of the winning reader’s phone.
The first person to comment on this blog with the correct answer to the following Tour de France trivia question will win the prize.
1. What year did Lance Armstrong win his first Tour de France title?
Good Luck and please visit the site tomorrow for another chance to win.
TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 on the Verizon BlackBerry Tour
As we mentioned in last Friday’s post regarding the availability of TeleNav GPS Navigator for the new Verizon BlackBerry Tour (in stores now), we’re kicking off a week of giveaways here on the TeleNav blog. In the spirit of the Tour de France that is currently taking place and the Verizon BlackBerry Tour, it’s officially the start of TeleNav Tour de BlackBerry Week.
Although we’re very excited about the launch of the latest version of TeleNav GPS Navigator (v5.5) for the BlackBerry Tour, we don’t want to exclude anyone from the contest. So, we’re not just opening this up to those of you who purchased the Verizon BlackBerry Tour over the weekend, but to anyone who owns one of the more than 500 phones supported by our TeleNav GPS Navigator application or the navigation applications of our partners, AT&T Navigator and Sprint Navigation.
Each day this week, we’re going to give away a one-year subscription for one of the turn-by-turn navigation applications mentioned above, determined by the model and carrier of the winning reader’s phone.
The first person to comment on this blog with the correct answer to the following Tour de France trivia question will win the prize.
1. What year was the first Tour de France held?
Good luck! If you don’t win today, keep an eye out for tomorrow’s trivia question.
It’s already been an incredible summer of wildly popular smartphone launches and it looks like the parade isn’t going to end anytime soon. Next up in line are Verizon and RIM with the launch of the BlackBerry Tour on Verizon Wireless. This full-featured smartphone hits stores this Sunday, July 12, and if these early reviews are any indication (CNET, Engadget Mobile, Boy Genius), this is going to be a hot device. Of course, as with almost all of today’s top smartphones, TeleNav is right there to bring our industry leading turn-by-turn navigation application to the BlackBerry Tour on Verizon.
The latest version of TeleNav GPS Navigator (v5.5) will be available immediately from our Web site, complete with a 30-day free trial, for all of you who head out and purchase the BlackBerry Tour this Sunday. If you’re looking to add a turn-by-turn navigation application to your Tour, here’s a few of the features you’ll get with TeleNav GPS Navigator for $9.99/month:
Turn-by-turn, voice guidance - TeleNav GPS 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. TeleNav GPS Navigator will turn your BlackBerry Tour into a lean, mean GPS machine
An always up-to-date experience - going beyond what you get with most personal navigation devices, TeleNav GPS Navigator uses the BlackBerry Tour’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
Real-time traffic information - with TeleNav GPS Navigator on your BlackBerry Tour, you’ll receive real-time traffic information and the ability to re-route around traffic at the push of a button. You can also receive traffic alerts directly on your phone to help you decide if you’re ready to leave the office to brave the traffic or if you want to wait a few minutes for a less congested drive home
Gas Price Information - TeleNav GPS Navigator instantly returns results for gas prices in your area, even breaking it down by grade. In these summer months where gas prices climb higher and higher, finding the best gas price can be a great way to save a few bucks.
Millions of Points of Interest - With TeleNav GPS Navigator on your BlackBerry Tour, you’ll have access to more than 10 million points of interest, 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 - As you’ll see in the video accompanying this post, TeleNav GPS Navigator 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 - With TeleNav GPS Navigator, 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 hit the open road
We got our hands on Verizon’s BlackBerry Tour and decided instead of just talking about what TeleNav GPS Navigator can do on the phone, we’d show you. So, I hopped in the car for a trip to a local Starbucks here in Sunnyvale. To show all of the ways you can find a location, I headed to the Starbucks using the search function with text entry and headed back to the office using voice entry. I won’t make any claims of being a professional actor, but we hope the video gives you a good idea of what TeleNav GPS Navigator can do on the BlackBerry Tour.
And we’re not stopping at video. Because there is so much excitement around this Sunday’s launch of the BlackBerry Tour on Verizon, we’ve decided to declare next week Tour de BlackBerry Week here at TeleNav. We’ll be running a daily contest for readers to win a one-year subscription of TeleNav GPS Navigator (or one of the carrier-branded navigation applications from our partners) through a Tour de France trivia contest. So stay tuned . . .
While at CES in Las Vegas last week, I met with good folks at BlackBerry Cool and gave them a hands-on demo of TeleNav on the Storm. Curious about what it looks like? Click here to see the video in which I give an overview of some of the features and then let us know what you think.
Do you have a BlackBerry Storm? I’ve you’ve tried TeleNav GPS Navigator on it and have feedback, we’d love to hear it!
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