TeleNav GPS Navigator coming to T-Mobile G1

TeleNav GPS Navigator on the T-Mobile G1

(Credit: TeleNav)

On Thursday, TeleNav announced that starting February 24, it will make its location-based service, TeleNav GPS Navigator, available to T-Mobile G1 owners, bringing real-time turn-by-turn navigation to the Google Android smartphone.

In addition to turn-by-turn driving directions, TeleNav GPS Navigator offers traffic alerts with one-click rerouting, business searches (with more than 10 million listings), gas prices, weather updates, and restaurant reviews.

Speech recognition is also supported, meaning that you'll be able to press a button on the G1, dictate an address or business, and TeleNav will then route to the destination. Alternatively, you can preplan trips through TeleNav's Web site and send it to your phone.

TeleNav is no stranger to the business, providing its navigation services to a number of GPS-enabled smartphones and carriers, including Sprint and AT&T. Developing an application for Android and G1 owners was an important step for the company, according to TeleNav co-founder and Senior Director of Marketing Sal Dhanani.

The service will initially be available only through TeleNav but will then make its way to Android Market later this year. G1 users can go to TeleNav's Web site to sign up for a 30-day free trial of the service; afterward, it will cost $9.99 per month for unlimited use.

[ekeefe41]

What the hell...
Subscription based....

Time to Donate to AndNav2 and get US servers online.
The EU has had Turn By Turn for some time, cnet never seems to mention it.

[bjvjmv]

Ten dollars a month! I'd rather by another Garmin and use Google Maps when I'm not in the car.

[gerrrg]

Someone will surely add an app to enhance Google Maps with Street View, to provide us with turn-by-turn voice nav, and charge just a one-time fee (major updates for a smaller fee and minor updates for free).

I'd do it, but I'm not a programmer. :P

[ekeefe41]

There is an agreement the the terms of service with 'google maps' that the data can not be used for turn by turn directions.

There is a program called "AndNav" that was doing just what you wanted, but due to the rule above they were not able to get it done. Now the AndNav program is dependent on the server being hosted with all the mapping data. They have a server in Europe, but in America $$$$ has become an issue.

Server hosting is expensive.
Go to andnav.org to learn more, the the general section there is a post about "no USA servers"

[fahdoos]

I'd love to see gmaps do something like this!

[bonesbautista]

Not with the crap maps that Teleatlas supplies to Google, with data years out of date... And Google's routing algorithm leaves me wondering what they're smoking...

[brickman5721]

Seriously, when will these mobile companies learn. Why in the world would I want to pay 10 dollars a month for as long as I own my phone when I can purchase a GPS device for a one time fee? Garmin charges a one-time fee of $100 for their Windows Mobile. For the cost of 10 months of TeleNav, I can have Garmin's tried and true turn-by-turn database on my device with no need for data connections. Since the average lifespan of a phone is about two years, this Garmin software pays for itself more than twice over. In addition, if your new phone were to run WinMo, you could use the software on that phone, too. This is ridiculous.

[tcr071]

I refuse to pay monthly for a GPS phone service. When you are paying $30 a month for data I think they can squeeze in turn-by-turn GPS.

[pcfish]

This thing is definitely going to fail because of the subscription model, just stupid.

[garment69]

Agreed about the subscription model. garmin for blackberry is $99 for the life of the phone. If you hunt for a discount code you can get it for $79. Truthfully, I hate the ota service. Let me load my maps on my 16 gb data card so I dont have to rely on data service. Just like Tom Tom for Winmo.