Comments on: Sprint Navigation on the Palm Pre: My New BFF

By: bstryd

bstryd — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:53:08 +0000

James – will the Pre navigation allow for the playing of podcasts or such while navigating? And interrupt with instructoins? How about a phone call? will it handle it in speaker phone or bluetooth mode? Thanks for any info.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:56:22 +0000

When will Sprint Navigation provide the option to add the name and address of my destinations to my google contacts on the Palm Pre?

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:20:41 +0000

I didn’t know hardly any of this about Sprint Navigation. Would I have if I’d spent more time at my Sprint Store when I bought my Pre?

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:19:10 +0000

Yeah, I don’t understand if it’s GPS why it fails when off the Sprint digital grid.

It’s the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, RAGBRAI. One of the largest moving parties.

I don’t follow how the MicroSD makes it work for Treo.

By: Jahan Khan Rashid

Jahan Khan Rashid — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:10:42 +0000

i bought an in car charger for al my families cars, they are only a few quid each, so i dont have to worry about power for the mobile in any car, i think all cars should have a usb port!!

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:15:55 +0000

I’m surprised you don’t have a car power-to-USB adapter in your gadget bag. When not powering/charging your Pre the kids can power/charge their iPod or DS Lite.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:53:18 +0000

What about when you move out of Sprint Data coverage area. Happens here in the midwest. I rode “RagBri” I bike ride that goes across Iowa. I had my Garmin Maps loaded on my MicroSD. My friend with his blackberry could not get his maps to work cause of the service area. Good thing the Treo Pro has a SD Slot and Garmin supports WinMob.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:43:50 +0000

I’m surprised you didn’t mention SPOKEN STREET NAMES in this article. Awesome that TeleNav’s program offers this.

I also highly recommend a $15 Bracketron A/C-vent mount. Great for holding the Pre during long trips, and it easily accommodates a power cord from the car power adapter.

By: MilenkoD

MilenkoD — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:05:43 +0000

Three very important frustration-saving features:

1). You can push your location from SprintNav to another SprintNav enabled phone. That way your recipient can now be routed to your location turn-by-turn.

2.) You can push a location via your computer as stated in the blog post. Wife was traveling out of state and called me for directions to a destination. I logged onto sprint.telenav.com, found the POI and pushed it to her Treo 800w. She fired-up SpritnNav and in a few seconds she was routed to her destination.

3.) Voice announce street names. It’s frustrating not being able to hear the street names. Luckily TeleNav does….since you’re supposed to keep your eyes on the road anyhow.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:13:47 +0000

I’m apparently the one subscriber who switched from Verizon to Sprint last year. One reason is that Verizon crippled their devices (GPS lockdown, less RAM in the Touch Pro, fewer devices with WiFi). The other was the competitive pricing on Sprint’s Everything Data plan, which as you now know includes GPS. I had never used GPS before, and would not have tried it if it was a paid add on. Now I can’t live without it.

By: HG

HG — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:38:59 +0000

Forgot to mention but I think Sprint provides Navigation with all their full data plans. When I Sprint and used my BlackBerry Curve, I also could use GPS from Sprint which was by TeleNav. Didn’t have to pay extra, it was included in my data plan. Verizon should do something like this as well.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:22:47 +0000

Probably not, as videos are very difficult to do in the car. There is not much to see on such a trip anyway, unless I do 100 mph. :)

By: ramfrancisuk

ramfrancisuk — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:42:41 +0000

Hi James, are you going to do a video of the Pre Navigation in use after the family have returned home?

By: HG

HG — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:36:44 +0000

I don’t have a Pre, but that’s a good thing that Sprint is providing for free. That comes in handy while traveling especially in a friends, family, etc… Vechile that might not have GPS.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:17:48 +0000

Nope, and it wouldn’t have mattered this week. Due to the large crowd we’ve been driving my daughter’s mini-van everywhere. That’s an advantage to the Pre, the ability to use it in anyone’s car.

By: Gadgetmaster

Gadgetmaster — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:10:57 +0000

Does you car not have a built-in GPS?