http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Cingular hooks up with TeleNav for LBS http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/Oct 25th 2006 2:48PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/]]>Oct 25th 2006 2:55PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/How many of you have Cingular PTT and use it on a regular basis?]]>Oct 25th 2006 3:01PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/Oct 25th 2006 4:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/Oct 25th 2006 5:43PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/Oct 26th 2006 10:08AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/Nov 2nd 2006 12:53AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/1. GPS wouldn't lock, though I live in the burbs, pretty open area. Well, that could be the hardware issue. Telenav, however, just said "no GPS" and stopped. Ha? No retrial?
2. The voice was very mechanical and of low quality, sounding like a grandma from a submarine. OK...
3. TN suggested to go straight on I-95, we decided to take alternative exit, which is almost as close and fast to the destination as their suggestion. Well, it took TN only 1.3 miles (!!!) to realize that we went off route, though the direction we went to was at 90 degree angle to I-95 - bummer. If I wouldn't know where to go, I'd get lost big time.
4. Finally, being close to our destination, TN announced "next left turn". If I wouldn't know the area, I would take next left turn which goes to a dead end. The proper turn was THREE (!!) streets down, approximately 300 ft from the announcement. So much for navigation from Telenav...
5. That's not all. When I tried to cancel their free and pretty much useless subscription, I had to call twice and spoke to reps, who asked me about my credit card number, address, etc. (like they don't already have it). At the end of each conversation, they said - "thanks, now call the escalation line to request a refund (of $10. which they charged me for the "free trial"). Well, I called, answering machine every time, left messages, nobody called back, CHARGEBACK TIME, BABY ;)

If you want real navigation, use QUALITY products, like Garmin, or [url]http://veripath.us[/url].]]>Jan 14th 2007 1:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/25/cingular-hooks-up-with-telenav-for-lbs/Aug 29th 2007 12:10AM