Scout for Android gets ETA sharing, offline maps, more
Scout for Android (TeleNav) was updated on Wednesday to include a brand new dashboard experience and new features. Details include offline maps and navigation, a new dashboard, and ETA sharing through (OnMyWay). We had a chance to test these new features a few weeks ago …
Telenav Scout to add 3D buildings and crowd-sourced updates
Telenav, Inc., today announced a number of significant improvements to the Scout navigation application for Android. Expected to roll out later this year, both the free and the premium services will see 3D buildings and landmarks as well as new traffic tools. The 3D building …
Waze wows us again with 3.6 release
Starting this week, Waze users now have the ability to report and close roads on their interactive map in real time, helping to prevent delays and unnecessary back-ups on the roadways. With Waze 3.6, drivers can now navigate past any problems on the road, whether it is …
Waze overhauls navigation app with 3.5 release
Crowdsourced mapping and navigation application Waze has gotten a rather significant overhaul today with the release of v3.5 of its Android app.Available immediately in the Google Play store, the free app is bolstered by a number of new features. Details include seeing real-time ETA’s, parking …
Telenav debuts HTML5 turn-by-turn navigation for Android
Earlier this week Telenav launched an HTML5, browser-based, voice-guided GPS navigation experience for Android and Windows Phones. Initially an iOS-only service, Scout for Apps is the first HTML5 turn-by-turn GPS navigation of its kind. With this announcement, it’s now possible for developers to embed said navigation into …
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TeleNav 7.1 Arrives for Sprint Android Devices
TeleNav announced this morning that they are rolling out a new version of their popular turn-by-turn navigation application for Android devices. expected later this month, v7.1 adds a number of new features, improves upon existing stuff, and continues to add to its overall value. Existing TeleNav …
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Win 1 Year of TeleNav AND $100 in Gas [CONTEST]
For those readers living in the United States this coming weekend is Labor Day. For many of you this means hopping in the car for a weekend getaway, picnic, or barbecue. As such, we couldn’t think of a better excuse to throw a travel-related …
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Stay Safe with the Fully Customizable, All-in-One Digital Flare Gun, MyFlare [VIDEO]
Have you ever found yourself in a rough part of town, not knowing which stranger’s smile is real and which has sinister implications? Maybe you’ve been stranded on the side of the highway on your way home from another rough day of work. There are …
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TeleNav Releases Updated GPS Navigator, AT&T Customers Get First Dibs
One of my favorite names in turn-by-turn navigation, TeleNav, has just rolled out a new version of the GPS Navigator application into the Android Market.
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Mobile Nanny Brings Peace of Mind to Parents of Android Users
Retina-X Studios, LLC, has released their mobile monitoring and filter software, Mobile Nanny, into the Android Market today. The application records and blocks any particular activity or game/app chosen by parents and can be set to timed schedules. Worried about your son or daughter texting …
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Navigon’s MobileNavigator Comes to United States
Starting today, American Android users can finally get their hands on Navigon’s on-board navigation application, MobileNavigator. The includes some really terrific features including Reality Scanner, which meshes your phone’s camera with Navigon’s POI database to project them directly onto your screen.
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CoPilot Live USA for Android Arrives With One Time $4.99 Charge
The turn-by-turn GPS application market just got a little more competitive this morning with ALK Technology’s release of CoPilot Live USA. Available for a one-time $4.99 purchase out of the Android Market, the application features 3D guided voice direction with street level maps that are …
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Android Used to Keep Cities Clean
Have you ever been driving though an area of town, or perhaps your own city and thought, “Man, they really should clean this place up?” Well, in Toulouse, France, Défi Propreté has teamed up with Android and has given out 90 HTC Desires to its agents to help clean up the trash in the city.
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Geocaching.com App is a Treasure of its Own (App Review)
I started dabbling in geocaching late last year as my son and I wanted something fun to do on days off. Being he was six at the time, he was only too eager to help daddy hunt down treasure in the real world. We bounced from one Android app to another, trying each out to see what we liked best. Due to memory limitations of my G1, I was constantly uninstalling applications and games to make room for new stuff. Couple that with a quick-draining battery and it was becoming tough to stay enthusiastic or spend much time in the field. Suffice it to say, we got out of the game for a few months. Then all of a sudden, last month’s official Geocaching.com announcement put us right back on the hunt.
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Official Geocaching.com Application Comes to Android
Location-based treasure hunters will be pleased to learn that the official Geocaching.com application has come to Android. Available for pretty much all Android phones (1.5+), the app provides direct access to geocaching.com, and lets users find nearby caches using a combination of GPS, WiFi, and cell tower triangulation. The $9.99 title has been very popular for the iPhone so we expect GPS and LBS hounds will gobble it up on Android.
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