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Jonathon Nguyen Talks Life On His Mobile
Apr 21st
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Recent posts by Jonathon on LifeOnMyMobile.com
Just like most of you out there, I love reading tech blogs. From Gizmodo to GearLive, I probably blaze through about 30 different sites every day looking for the latest and greatest tech news and info. Among the top tech blogs in my rotation is a site called LifeOnMyMobile.com. This is a site that covers all things mobile and wireless and recently at CTIA, I ran into Jonathon Nguyen, one of their top writers. We ended up sitting down in the Sprint EVO 4G launch area where he let me interview him about CTIA, the next big phone, and a whole more! Check it out!
Recent posts by Jonathon on LifeOnMyMobile.com
Bonnie Cha: CNET’s Super Mobile Tech Reporter
Apr 14th
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Want the latest news on the mobile scene in cyberspace? Need to find a review on that cell phone that just came out? Or do you just want to compare different products based on the features you need? Well a website that would cover all of your needs then is this one you’ve probably heard about called CNET.com.
Recently, we had the great opportunity to get some face time with CNET’s very own super mobile reporter, Bonnie Cha, at CTIA in Las Vegas. We talked with her about a variety of different topics ranging from iPhones, BlackBerries, and CTIA buzz, to surf-tech and her tips for getting the most out of CNET.
Thank you to Bonnie for letting us speak with her!
See Bonnie Cha links here:
- Bonnie Cha on CNET
- Verizon teases HTC Incredible, coming April 29
- Review: Sprint Overdrive Mobile Hot Spot
Video: Bonnie Cha Reviews the HTC HD2
TeleNav Asset Tracker Now Available from AT&T
Dec 15th
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As our world continues to become mobile, more and more businesses and government agencies depend on mobile workers and the use of expensive equipment in remote locations to meet their customers’ needs. This helps them provide customers with better, and often quicker, service, but also makes it difficult to keep track of where everyone and everything is.
Today, TeleNav and AT&T made tracking and locating equipment much easier for businesses with the launch of TeleNav Asset Tracker. TeleNav Asset Tracker from AT&T is an easy to install wireless device that can be attached to machinery, containers and other equipment so management can locate and track equipment on a Web-based map. This helps them use equipment more efficiently and also helps prevent theft. For managers in the construction, shipping, leasing or government industries, the tracking information helps them sleep a little easier at night knowing where all of their equipment is.
What businesses do you think could benefit from the use of TeleNav Asset Tracker from AT&T?
A Busy Week for TeleNav at CTIA
Oct 14th
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As some of you may know, last week CTIA held its annual Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event at the San Diego Convention Center. This event is always an exciting time in the mobile industry as many new phones are announced, cool new applications are launched, and a number of awards are handed out. A group of us from TeleNav headed down to San Diego for a few days to catch up with old friends in the industry and get a first-hand look of everything that was happening at the show. The San Diego weather and views (like this one from our hotel below) were a nice bonus.
Marina in San Diego
There was a lot going on for TeleNav last week in San Diego, so we thought we’d provide a brief recap. First off, there were a number of new phones announced last week that feature the apps we develop for some of our carrier partners including AT&T Navigator and Sprint Navigation as well as our own TeleNav GPS Navigator application. AT&T announced four upcoming phones including the Pantech Reveal, Pantech Impact, Samsung Mythic, and Samsung Flight. Sprint also announced a new phone, the Samsung Moment. And we can’t forget T-Mobile, which also came to play with the announcement of new phones including a myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition phone and the newly announced T-Mobile Tap. I can’t wait for the chance to play with some of these phones. And while that’s an impressive lineup of devices, the image below of some phones sporting the applications we develop is pretty impressive as well. We showed these phones at the Pepcom Mobile Focus press event.
An impressive lineup of phones
People enjoying the Pepcom Mobile Focus event
But that’s not all. Ravi Acharya, associate director of marketing for TeleNav’s B2B products, also participated on a panel at CTIA titled “Public and Corporate Fleets” where he discussed the benefits of our TeleNav Track products. TeleNav was also up for two awards last week for our TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 application. We were named a finalist in the Best Mobile Consumer Application category for the CTIA Hot for the Holidays Award. Jitterbug took the top honor for its LiveNurse application, so congrats to everyone at Jitterbug. We were also up for a Location 2.0 Summit Fast-Pitch Award in the Consumer Application category. We’re still waiting on those results, so keep your fingers crossed for us.
Ravi Acharya speaking at CTIA
As you can see, it was a very busy week for us, but we all had a great time and appreciated everyone from the CTIA, Pepcom and Location 2.0 events being so helpful to us.
Win a Year of TeleNav for You and a Friend – It’s Easy!
Sep 16th
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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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