Comments on: VZ Navigator vs. Telenav on the BlackBerry Storm

By: Edgar

Edgar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:14:29 +0000

There is one feature not discussed: share address. Telenav offers “share address” which is helpful if you’d like to send addresses, or favorite addresses to someone so they don’t have to go through setting them up. However, vz navigator thus far doesn’t provide a way to import these addresses sent from Telenav… I would greatly appreciate your input and perspective on this. I am in the process of switching to vznavigator, but i’m not looking forward to retyping 25 favorite addresses again.
regards,
- Edgar

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:33:05 +0000

Your review left off the VZNav’s local events, movie times and weather which Telenav does not currently offer. VZNav also has a 3D option.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:02:02 +0000

it would be nice to also here a comparison with the Wisepilot application that LG mobile just selected. I have used it for year on Blackberry and I have seen that they have released Storm support. On my 9000 I found it much better then the VZ, teleNav I have not tested.

there is a 5 day trial available on http://www.wisepilot.com/ota from your mobile

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:04:01 +0000

I tried TeleNav. It was ok. But I took it off. Guess what happened??? It caused my phone to crash. I had to get a new phone…

Sticking with the VZNav fo sho

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:34:43 +0000

Great feedback, @The One! Thank you for your insights. I hadn’t experienced those issues, but as we all know, data for different parts of the country differs (just like different carriers work better in certain locations of the country). If I had the same experience, I would have felt the same as you.

By: The One

The One — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:28:42 +0000

@Nan Palmero,

Well 3 things. First, I found that I couldn’t use Telenav indoors the way I can with VZNavigator because telenav doesn’t use AGPS, whereas VZ Navigator does.(I called Telenav to confirm this). And secondly, I found, when using the 2 services on the highway, VZ Navigator was more accurate with telling me which exits to use. For example, I was supposed to get off at Peachtree Industrial South, as opposed to Peachtree Industrial North exit, VZ Navigator would tell me this specifically. Telenav would only say, “Peachtree Industrial”. That messed me up one time, and when I called Telenav about it, they just told me that they are “working on it”. And last, Many places that I looked up in telenav had the wrong phone numbers listed, or just partial numbers, and telenav told me that it’s a “known issue”. I will admit, that telenav is nice, but with those 3 things, and the fact that VZ Nav does just about everything that telenav does, plus the ability to send/recv gps locations via sms, I couldn’t see any reason to go with Telenav.

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:21:10 +0000

@The One. Glad to distribute the info. What made you choose VZ Navigator over Telenav, out of curiosity?

By: The One

The One — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:04:38 +0000

@Nan Palmero, No problem, but I echo what VE said, it’s good that you’re letting everyone know that there are options out there. When I tried Telenav on my storm, they had a free 30 day trial which was great. I believe VZ Nav has the same trial, if not longer too.

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:00:30 +0000

@Verizon Employee + @The One, I updated the post and credited you both regarding the gas by price discrepancy. Thanks for the info!

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:56:22 +0000

@The One got the feedback on the gas from @Verizon Employee. I didn’t think there was an error on the device due to Telenav working, so I’ll give the battery pull a shot! Thanks for the feedback!

By: The One

The One — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:37:54 +0000

@Nan Palmero, I’m not sure about that issue, as I don’t experience that. I am also not familiar with that error code. Did you try removing the battery and replacing it ad trying it again?

By: The One

The One — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:34:23 +0000

IN VZ Nav go to:Local Search, and choose “gas stations/prices” for the categories.

By: The One

The One — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:31:25 +0000

“Telenav’s Gas by Price feature which, as the name suggests, offers you a list of gas stations by proximity and price. Both are handy features not found on the other application.” This is also not the case. VZ Navigator also has a gas by proximity and price option. I use this all of the time.

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:15:04 +0000

@The One, @ Verizon Employee any other ideas I should try to see if it works?

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:14:03 +0000

@The One @Verizon Employee I’m not quite sure why that happened. I even went outside to test the results again (waiting about 10 minutes or so) with open skies. Same issue occurred. Off the top of my head, I believe the error code for VZ Navigator was 1131 (these numbers are from memory, so they might be a little off).

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:11:14 +0000

How about doing a comparison of VZ Navigator and the Garmin product that is available for use on the Blackberry Storm and Verizon network?

By: Verizon Employee

Verizon Employee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:33:30 +0000

@The One: I agree–and I would have to ask BlackBerryCool to verify the results, as VZNavigator typically gets a location fix anywhere (even with no windows) as long as I have a cell signal–Telenav only works with a clear sky view for me. Perhaps the test results were off because you attempted to use both applications simultaneously?

By: The One

The One — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:04:59 +0000

” Additionally, when I was doing some usability testing in my home with the Storm, the Telenav application was able to capture the GPS signal while VZ Navigator was not. ” This is an interesting statement, with the fact that Telenav doesn’t use AGPS on the Storm, whereas VZ Navigator does, so technically speaking, your results should have been the direct opposite. I’ve used both, and gotten the exact opposite results as you, with VZ Nav working inside of my home and other buildings because of agps, and Telenav not, because it doesn’t have AGPS.

By: Nan Palmero

Nan Palmero — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:43:24 +0000

@Verizon Employee + @nick thank you both, I stand corrected!

By: nick

nick — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:11:50 +0000

Actually with VZNav it will give you gas prices. Just type in the specific kind of gas you’re looking for. It’ll pull up distance and the price of regular. I guess it’s not exactly the same but I have used it! Good review though, it’s nice to know there are options.

By: Verizon Employee

Verizon Employee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:05:30 +0000

VZ Navigator offers gas price finder. If you go into local search and change it to gas stations/prices, it will find the least expensive gas prices in your area.