Gps navigation Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

TeleNav updates free Scout nav app, optimizes for iPhone 5

by Steven Sande (Jan 8th, 2013)

In the battle of the navigation apps, there's a silent warrior that's left out of the skirmishes between Apple, Google and the rest. That app is TeleNav's Scout (free, Scout Plus service available via in-app purchase), and it just received an update to make it even more useful. First, the app ...

TeleNav launches free Scout "daily personal navigator" for iPhone

by Steven Sande (Jan 10th, 2012)

Last month, TUAW reported on GPS navigation vendor TeleNav's plans to launch an HTML5-based free navigation system that would work on any browser. Yesterday, TeleNav introduced Scout, which is another free personal navigation product. The new service comes with a Scout by TeleNav iPhone app ...

Navigon finds itself atop TUAW Best of 2011 voting results

by Steven Sande (Dec 27th, 2011)

The results of our reader poll for the best iPhone navigation app of 2011 are in. Navigon's iPhone navigation products lead the pack with 46.7 percent of the votes, besting second-place TomTom with only 21.7 percent. Navigon's products include regional, national and continent-wide GPS ...

Daily Update for October 31, 2011

by Steven Sande (Oct 31st, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

TeleNav GPS for the Verizon iPhone announced

by Steven Sande (Feb 7th, 2011)

TeleNav, the company that brought the AT&T Navigator app and service to life a few years ago, today announced a navigation app tailored for Verizon customers who are getting a new phone soon: TeleNav GPS for the Verizon iPhone. The app isn't currently on the App Store, but it should be ...

AT&T Navigator for iPhone updated, features direct speech recognition

by Steven Sande (Oct 1st, 2010)

If you're a subscriber to the free AT&T Navigator app and the associated service , then you'll want to load the latest update ASAP. AT&T Navigator v1.7i is the newest version of the TeleNav-powered app, and it's now the first iPhone GPS navigation app that incorporates direct speech ...

NDrive Australia/NZ: A competent GPS nav app with a few flaws

by Chris Rawson (Apr 17th, 2010)

When asked if I wanted to review NDrive Australia & New Zealand (currently US$24.99, AU$29.99, and NZ$30.99), I was initially reluctant. "The problem with these nav apps is they don't really seem to offer me a compelling alternative to the free Maps app plus a co-pilot," I said. Since getting my ...

TeleNav: GPS helped guys get out of the Valentine's Day doghouse

by Steven Sande (Feb 19th, 2010)

TeleNav is known for its phone-based GPS navigation products, particular the AT&T Navigator app for iPhone. The company has over 11 million subscribers to its services, so it has a lot of data to sift through to find interesting location search trends. That data showed that GPS location ...

Aussie drivers: Buy a cradle, or no iPhone GPS for you

by Chris Rawson (Sep 22nd, 2009)

Live in Australia? Have an iPhone? Do you use the iPhone's built-in Maps app, Navigon, or TomTom [iTunes links] to navigate? If you answered yes to all three of those questions, then I have some bad news for you: under the Australian Road Rule 8th Amendment, all use of the iPhone in your car is soon ...

TUAW Review: XRoad G-Map US

by Steven Sande (Apr 9th, 2009)

During the discussion earlier in the year about why Apple was blocking turn-by-turn GPS navigation apps for the iPhone 3G (it will be "legal" in iPhone 3.0), a reader pointed out that there have been a pair of turn-by-turn navigators in the App Store for quite a while. Upon following the reader ...