February 27, 2009 by Tap
True to their earlier announcement this month, TeleNav has confirmed that GPS Navigator is now available for Android phones, starting with the Google G1. As we've come to expect from TeleNav, GPS Navigator is extremely feature-rich and includes:
- Full colour 3D maps which work in both landscape and portrait modes
- Turn-by-turn navigation via voice and onscreen instructions
- A comprehensive database of more than 10 million points of interest
- Name and address voice speech recognition
- Audio traffic alerts and one-click rerouting
- Current weather and five-day forecasts
A monthly subscription of $9.99 (in addition to your phone data plan) provides unlimited use of GPS Navigator. TeleNav is also offering a 4 year prepaid subscription at $249.99. This may sound like a lot but it does effectively mean that your monthly subscription is just $5.20. Also bear in mind that unlike buying a standalone GPS system (which may well be out of date in 4 years), with TeleNav you are actually buying a service which you can transfer if you decide to upgrade to a newer phone which makes it futureproof and a sound investment.
While on the subject of standalone GPS systems, many of you will be familiar with TomTom satnavs. You can read an interesting comparison between GPS Navigator on the G1 and the TomTom One at Android and Me.