Apparently iPhone apps that need to have deeper access to the hardware, like Telenav’s navigation, need a specific Verizon version in order to work. It might be due to differences between GSM vs CDMA radios, or the GPS chip. [ZDNet]
Today in the musty sub-basement of Gizmodo we call Remainders, Star Trek‘s Simon Pegg is having AppleCare difficulties, Santa gives you GPS directions, Star Trek: TNG gets bizarrely and hilariously re-dubbed, Adult-Swim-style, and Sony renames their ebook store. More »
Today people were shocked to discover that the first turn-by-turn navi iPhone app to hit the iTunes App Store cost $US9.99—per month. Well, get used to it, because there are a lot more subscription apps coming. More »
The guys at KickingTires have put the TeleNav turn-by-turn GPS Navigator for Android and the G1 through its paces and have emerged feeling that the software is impressive, but overpriced.
Chalk up another mark in the things-Android-can-do-on-the-G1-that-certain-other-phones-can’t list: GPS maker Telenav is bringing a slick-looking turn-by-turn navigation app to the G1 this month.
newVideoPlayer("/TELESHOT.flv", 494, 298,""); Just as Dash—makers of the internet-connected, traffic-terminating GPS—is bailing out of the hardware game to sell its awesome software to other companies, TeleNav is officially doing the exact opposite: Jumping in with its first GPS device, which sounds a lot like the Dash Express (on paper, anyway). The internet-connected Telenav Shotgun delivers real-time traffic reports with intelligent re-routing, dynamic maps, automatic updates, web search, cheap gas locator and online pre-planning, which lets you plan your route on PC and shoot it over to the Shotgun automagically. galleryPost('shotgunpeek', 3, '');
