TeleNav®—Comparing TeleNav GPS Navigator™ with Mapping Services

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TeleNav GPS Navigator vs Mapping Services

Four Stars.

– Businessweek

"This is the best implementation of a GPS software and hardware system we've seen yet for smartphones."

– Gizmodo.com

Consumers and the press agree: there is simply no better navigation system than TeleNav GPS Navigator. Accessed directly from cell phones and smartphones, TeleNav GPS Navigator provides voice and onscreen turn-by-turn directions as you drive, automatically reroutes you in case you take a wrong turn, alerts and steers you around traffic jams, and can even help you find more than 10 million businesses.

TeleNav GPS Navigator has a number of features that cell phone mapping services such as Google Maps cannot match, including 3D maps, voice directions, and automatic reroutes around traffic jams.

To be easy-to-use and effective while driving, navigation services on your cell phone should not be in the form of a passive map and directions that may require you to look constantly at your phone. They should be more like a trusted friend sitting next to you who has a direct connection to current traffic conditions and can tell you the best route to take so you can keep your eyes on the road. Only TeleNav GPS Navigator has all these benefits at a modest price point and on a device we already carry with us.

Point-By-Point Comparison of Key Features

TeleNav GPS Navigator

Voice directions
3D turn-by-turn moving maps and arrows
Will automatically reroute you if you take a wrong turn
Traffic alerts and rerouting specific to your route
Speech-recognition for address entry
10 million business listings (including gas prices)

Mapping Services
(e.g. Google Maps)

Text directions only
Static, does not automatically reroute
Traffic (if provided) is not specific to your route; usually included as an overview map of surrounding area
Sometimes includes business listings

TeleNav GPS Navigator Features & Benefits

Voice and on-screen turn-by-turn driving directions – Customers type in or use voice recognition to call in destinations and TeleNav GPS Navigator computes the routes. While driving, users get up-to-the minute guidance, including street names, and will automatically be re-routed if a turn is missed.
Real-time traffic alerts and one-click rerouting – TeleNav GPS Navigator monitors each specific route and will proactively search every five minutes for traffic congestion or incidents. Customers will be alerted, both audibly and on-screen, and can choose to find a faster route to their location by just pressing one button.
Fuel Finder – TeleNav GPS Navigator includes updated gas prices for local gas stations, and provides driving directions to the station with the lowest gas prices.
Full-color 3D moving maps – Just like an in-car navigation system, the 3D maps turn, move and stop along with the driver, while also displaying a realistic image of the streets the driver is approaching and passing. Users can also pan and zoom around the map to view surrounding streets.
Pedestrian Mode –TeleNav GPS Navigator can also be used while walking, to help guide customers through crowded streets or back to a parked car.

But don’t just take our word for it—Try TeleNav free for 30 days!

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About TeleNav

TeleNav, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, was the first to launch a cell phone GPS system in the United States. Deployed by 15 carriers in 21 countries, TeleNav is a global leader in wireless location-based services (LBS). Currently, the company’s solutions are available in four continents, including North and South America, Asia and Europe.

TeleNav’s solutions include GPS navigation, Mobile Resource Management (MRM), asset GPS tracking (AVL), social networking and local search. The company’s flagship product, TeleNav GPS NavigatorTM, is comparable to in-car systems found in luxury vehicles, offering a superior experience with functionality, such as automatically-updated maps and business locations, full color 3D moving maps, traffic alerts and one-click rerouting, location-sharing, business reviews, speech recognition, Wi-Fi hotspot finder, lowest-price fuel finder and more. TeleNav’s enterprise application, TeleNav Track, incorporates GPS-enabled tracking, time sheets, wireless forms and navigation. TeleNav Track is a widely adopted service with over 8,000 customer organizations using it today.

TeleNav products are available on more than 200 wireless devices and run on all major mobile platforms currently available. TeleNav’s partners include Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Alltel, Boost Mobile, Qwest, SouthernLINC Wireless, Rogers, Bell Mobility, T-Mobile UK, T-Mobile Austria, China Mobile, Vivo Brazil, NII Holdings, Research In Motion (RIM), Motorola, Samsung, Sanyo, LG, Palm, HTC, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, NAVTEQ, Tele Atlas, deCarta, INRIX, Qualcomm and SiRF Technology Holdings.

For more information on TeleNav, please visit www.telenav.com.

Copyright 2008 TeleNav, Inc. All Rights Reserved. "TeleNav", "TeleNav GPS Navigator", “Mobile Resource Management (MRM)”, “asset GPS tracking (AVL)” "TeleNav Track", the TeleNav logo, and "telenav.com" are registered and unregistered trademarks and/or service marks of TeleNav, Inc. Unless otherwise noted, all other trademarks, service marks, and logos used in this press release are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.