http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/ Engadget Comments for TeleNav launches GPS navigation for the G1 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 13th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 13th 2009 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
I keep the USB cable - that comes WITH the phone - on me and just have it plugged in while I'm working on my laptop. Then I have a regular wall charger that I plug it into when I'm not working on my laptop - which ALSO comes with the phone. However, I did have to drop a HUGE amount of cash - about $4 plus shipping - to get a G1 car charger off eBay. Man, I thought I was going to go broke just so I didn't have to worry about battery life!]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
$10 a month? no thank you]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
OK got that out of the way.

I've been using Google Maps, Live Search, TomTom, and whatever nav apps I feel like for the past year and a half on my WM phones (first a HTC Titan and now a Touch Pro). Doesn't cost anything extra either. I know you can pay a monthly fee to use the Sprint branded Telenav but I never bothered as I would rather use a free option or just pay once for the software.
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Also using TomTom, Google Maps, Live Search, (and my choice of about half a dozen Turn by Turn voice navigation GPS apps) for 0 monthly fees on my Touch Pro.

Got to love WinMo and its nearly endless supply of options and apps.]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
And yes, the G1 also has google maps, as does every other phone since 2004. The iPhone is nothing special when it comes to GPS.]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
Amen brother! The iPhone fanboys are rather annoying... Oh, and the people who don't even bother to do their research before they throw out their ill-informed comments.]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
And if I had the programming know-how, I would have already been all over this.]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
This price is included in my 69.99 a month everything plan with Sprint on my Touch Pro -- and by everything, I mean everything is included.

The only thing I don't have, is unlimited minutes. But since I don't talk that much, it works fine for me.

Unlimited texting, data, GPS, picture mail, TV (sucks, though), and a much beter data usage allowance than what AT&T provides. Yeah, the signal at my house can be spotty at times, but then again, everyone's phones who come into contact with my area have trouble. I'm rather satisfied thus far with my device.]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
I dropped Sprint because every time I walked into a building of any kind, Sprint dropped me. =P]]>Feb 12th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 13th 2009 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
Not to mention the upfront cost you had to incur buying your Garmin GPS.

@Everyone who dislikes the price

Look at it like this. If you buy a traditional GPS, you have to fork out about $150-$250 for a decent GPS with the features the TeleNav offers on top of a fee for traffic updates, map updates, etc. How many people use their GPS for going to the mall, or trips to the grocery store? The point is, it is an On-Demand service that is there when you need it without the upfront costs. You go on a road trip and want GPS navigation for finding your way around, i would much rather activate my TeleNav service and pay the $10 and if i feel i don't need it, cancel it until i do. You can't return your traditional GPS when you don't need it. Its all about convenience. The people who say $10 a month is too outrageous to ask for a service you can activate and cancel at will are mostly people who spent $200+ on a quality GPS that does the same thing. I bet you wish you could pay $10 a month for your dash-mounted GPS and take it back to the store whenever you didn't need it anymore and then buy it again for $10 a month when you needed it. But then again, if that were the case, you'd want your dash unit to be free too.]]>Feb 12th 2009 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/also telenav gps navigation video -
http://www.techreviews4u.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-android-phones/]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
I mean, isn't the real value to them (Dash) in the ability to harvest accurate traffic data from connected GPS devices? Isn't that worth more (selling to news bureaus, government, traffic models and civil planners) worth more than the software license revenue?]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
You're being sarcastic, right? Because the iPhone is even more locked down than the G1 when it comes to anything being GPS-enabled. In fact, the iPhone SDK even prevents GPS navigation applications... Soooo... Why would I want to get an iPhone for navigation when it's not even allowed on the phone?]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/
Past that... unless they send you a mini-usb GPS antenna with a splitter so you can still charge your G1 in the car, this won't get any subscribers since the G1 alone is a little flakey from inside a car unless the weather is perfect..... Trust me I have a G1, I live in Maryland where I see all types of weather...]]>Feb 12th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/

Please... Someone give us a one time fee app. Oh, and may I suggest > $20]]>Feb 12th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/telenav-launches-gps-navigation-for-the-g1/Feb 12th 2009 9:28AM