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Originally Posted by jtdarden
I have been using TeleNav since it first came out on Nextel in 2002. It buy far BLOWS AWAY any other navigation system for the money.
TomTom is an inexpensive alternative (if you call a 2 1/2 year ROI inexpensive), and one of the posters mentioned that TeleNav doesn't update their map very often. I am going to have to call BS here. NavTeq is the major mapping provider for most commercial GPS navigation systems, and they produce the updates quarterly. That is one of the major differences between a TomTom and a TeleNav. . .when the mapping updates you do not have to cradle your device and/or flash the drive, it is automatic because the mapping is acquired by the server every time you initiate instructions.
As for re-routing, I have found TeleNav to be as good if not better than most in car systems. The poster (H3LLFIRE) who mentioned that TeleNav has to re-download instructions doesn't understand how TeleNav works. It downloads the entire set of instructions to your handset when you initiate the destination. You could actually drive through a cellular dead-zone (If you have Cingular you should be used to that) and TeleNav will still guide you because the instructions have already been pre-loaded when you were in coverage. If you go off route, it actually has some of the rerouting already downloaded with the original instructions, and unless you really screw up it will not require to connect back to the server.
Now, there are some in-car systems that blow TeleNav away, but I am not willing to pay $1500 for a navigation system in my car that doesn't travel with me when I fly to NY or LA or wherever. People do not typically forget to pack their cellphone/blackberry. . .I would be willing to be that anyone who has a TomTom forgets the damn thing on most trips. I even prefer to use TeleNav when I am in a Hertz car that has NeverLost.
As for locating a gas station while driving: TeleNav is real-time, that means you can do a search for gas by the lowest price. I find that much more valuable that merely pulling into the first gas station because there is an icon on the map and paying $3.75 a gallon (by the way, not all gas stations show up on some vendors' systems -- think: advertising revenue). TeleNav's application pings a web server that checks for gas prices, and you benefit from that knowledge. It will give you the option to go to the closest, or the one that has the lowest price.
By the way, I have over 2500 contacts in my Blackberry. With TeleNav, you can simply select an address book entry and choose Drive To from the drop down menu (without even having to launch the application). I do not know anyone who has that many contacts loaded into their TomTom.
Does TomTom re-route you for traffic, re-route you for trucking routes (important if you're in an over sized vehicle like a U-Haul), have an IVR option?
You would have a very tough time convincing me that there is anything of value in a device like TomTom or an in-vehicle system that is not network aware. This is 2007 after all. If it's not connected, it's a brick as far as I'm concerned.
TeleNav has been doing it a long time, and they take feedback from users to improve the application. It is tailored to a more wireless lifestyle. Who needs to carry around another device?
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I think that telenav is a great product! I love it! My only problem is that it causes my 8703e to re-boot about 20% of the time. Has anyone else experienced this?