This is what we stated at 1st page of the thread:
Perfect navigation maps don't exist; all maps are relying on user reports to refine them. Always report missing address, map or route errors to [email protected] immediately with detail information so our vendors can improve their digital maps and algorithm.
How to set more than one My Location
Originally Posted by
alcman Is there a way to set different addresses for "my location" such that home is set for one address, work for another and other for a third. Simply by changing from home to work without retyping the address would make searches more effective. I do like the program and find it quite useful, but with this tool I could use it for home and work.
Thanks
Jerry
Originally Posted by
RoadComm Beta Team Hi Jerry,
There are couple ways you can do that! Assuming you already set your work as MyLocation.
1. Mark > Mark the GPS location when you at home or other desired locations, name it “Home”, “mother’s home”, “girl friend’s home”. You can then use this previous marked location to search, take me there, map,…
2. Save Home address to your BB address book then open this BB contact within LifeInPocket (nav > BB Address Book). You can use this address for local search and all our Location Based Services (LBS)
3. Sign-in to
https://lifeinpocket.com/html/NewUse...do?method=edit our PC Web trip planning tool to add home address as your predefined“Navigation destination” press sync (in settings) and “Home” will be under Nav” icon. Press “Home” you can search restaurants/business, go, map it, see traffic, …..
4. You can use My Address Book which is our online address book to do that.
5. There are more ways to do that but above 4 are good enough for now
Hi Jerry,
How are recommendations work for you?
Added on 2/20/2101
Here is reputable tech editor Carolyn J Dawson’s unbiased view published at top tech magazine TMCnet.
Provided free of cost, LifeInPocket bestows a greater degree of functionality to BlackBerrys than any smart phone. The added list of features include GPS, voice navigation, local listing/reviews, satellite map, location messaging, friends/family locator, street view, Twitter, e-mail, IMs, Facebook,MySpace ( News - Alert), LinkedIn, YouTube, cheap gas finder, news, video, traffic, local events music, movies, local events, TV guide, weather, finance, banking, sports, flights, magazines, fashions, transportation, travel, yellow/white pages, dictionary, translation, the Bible and much more instant information and services.
LifeInPocket also incorporates one of the most cutting edge turn-by-turn navigation instructions with useful voice guidance. By making use of synced address book,BlackBerry ( News - Alert) address book and its unique online trip planning tool, LifeInPocket Navigation completely does away with the requirement for typing on miniscule keyboards. It is also far superior to other expensive phone navigation services available in the market currently.
CES attendees will now be equipped with the world's only personalized GPS/address-based local search that has more than 15 million points of interest. They can also go through other visitors' reviews and ratings which have been uploaded just minutes before getting into new restaurants, car repair shops or other businesses using voice navigation during the conference.
Much more robust than traditional SMS, CES attendees can transmit their GPS locations in real time with a message to family/friends to bring peace of mind and be better connected with them. Other than mobile features, almost all the services that are used daily with a PC are available with LifeInPocket.
The only mobile application/services platform of its kind, LifeInPocket paves the way ahead for the next generation of application and services by offering the power of expensive smart phones to regular cell phones, making smart phones even more functional and giving BlackBerrys the ultimate position to reign.
Originally Posted by
Cobberprof The gas prices on LIP are accurate from what I've seen, and seem to be updated often (daily for some gas stations). I really wanted Poynt to be accurate for this, but it was always way off for the gas stations around here.
The search function works really well, and once a location has been found, you can choose to call the place, or have the app "take you there" - which apparently involves voice navigation, but without a good map to look at (eyes should be on the road, I know, but my Garmin is nice to glance at for bearings sometimes).
* LifeInPocket app size is very small -- only 767 KB for my Storm2, it takes only small app memory space. It’s small but fast and powerful. It uses small heap, no memory leak that's why it fast and reliable.
We cannot speak for other apps.
* The gas prices on LIP are accurate from what I've seen, and seem to be updated often (daily for some gas stations). I really wanted Poynt to be accurate for this, but it was always way off for the gas stations around here.
Because our gas price report is near real-time and we let you know the exact when the prices were updated.
Moving maps offer user great visual experience but the device has to rely on the network to stream map constantly that means short battery life, slower and less reliable. Your device has to have reasonable data rate continuously in order for it to work. Isn’t it dangerous to stare at the map while driving?
Moving maps also take longer to get route because BB has to load the map. We will turn on moving maps feature when cellular networks reach our reliability standard.
It’s good enough to take you from point A to point B and to give you great convenience. For example, find a restaurant then press “Take me there” then the lady will guide you there by voice directions. It may take a little bit time to get use to but most of our users love it once they are familiar with it.
Some of our users claim that they have LifeInPocket nav running at foreground and BB/Google Maps on GPS mode on the background then switch as they need. However, you should only do so when it won’t distract you from driving responsibility.
For me, I rarely looking at maps, simply click and let the lady use voice to guide me there.
Edit: Introduction of some LifeInPocket features
Media Features
Offers Video, Music, Fshion, Photo, Cooking, Entertainment and Sports. They are web features but very handy for example you can view CBS News Show, AP News video, Fox Sprots Video etc. You can use rich contents from top movie contents provider Go 2 Movie, Mr. Movie, Hollywood.com, Fandango, Netflex, ….. You can even make reservation or buy ticket.
There are many magazines such as Car and Driver, Cover Girl, Elle, Marie Clare, … in various topic for you to choose.
Media features
Originally Posted by
i7guy ... the traffic icon seemed to work without a hitch for me.
Real time traffic report
Local Business Search
You can use personalized search criteria or type your own to search. Most our users said LIP business search is better than Poynt because
1. LIP search can be personalized but Poynt cannot
2. You can one click search with LIP but with Poynt you have to type
3. LIP can save search results to "Favorite Business" folder while Poynt cannot
4. You can search using any address or marked location with LIP but Poynt cannot
5. You can save your search criteria while Poynt cannot
6. You can open any BB contacts from LIP and use the address for search but you cannot do that with Poynt
7. LIP offers comprehensive business ratings and reviews but Poynt doesn't. We can only wish you good luck when you venturing into an auto repair shop if you are using Poynt but our users know the shop well and will enter it with confidence
Business reviews/ratings
Glad to hear some honest feedback
Originally Posted by
D0DGER hello I have been playing around with this app for a few weeks now and im very happy with it. Not sure why all the negitive feedback maybe they know somthing i dont .. who knows...i like that i can search for nearby restaurants and gas stations from where ever im located and have it take me there :) I like that i can mark and save my favorite locations and set up locations on the web.. (web works well for planning vacations or family trips ).. Its been alot of fun playing around with the (navigation\take me there) part of this app and learning better ways to find my destinations, maybe not always the best but i can live with it........ right now the only thing i would change is when your using the nav\take me there and you miss a turn or know a better way and you get off track it promts you to redirect then u have to look down an hit the redirect button to continue your trip which takes your eyes off the road. it might be better if it could redirect automaticly or have a setting to have it auto redirect.. anyways i like this app and it works for me....... maybe in the future they can have a family locator so when my kids tell me that there somewhere there not i can clik take me there and go put a smak down on them :D
Thank you for the honest feedback!
>it might be better if it could redirect automaticly or have a setting to have it auto redirect.
- We are considering adding auto route re-calculation as we did in the past. Possibly let user having it as an option
>have a family locator so when my kids tell me that there somewhere there not i can clik take me there and go put a smak down on them
- You can already do that using our Location Messaging. Your kids can send you location msg and you can click to "Take me there" to navigate to there or "Map it" to view the location on Google/BB Maps. Please see our sample location messages on your device.
What you may not realized LifeInPocket also works with many cheap Java phone for example, Boost Mobile's $30 phones with $10 per months data plan.
LIP location messaging system is a cross platform and cross network messaging system.
Your kids can send you Location Msg. using cheap Boost Mobile phones or other Java phones.
Location messaging allows you to send your GPS or address locations to friends. They can then navigate by voice directions to there, map it, view traffic, ….
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Originally Posted by
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If you're using some kind of online translator to post, stop. It's not working very well.
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TIP:How to run LifeInPocket for days with one battery charge
LifeInPocket can run for days with one battery charge if you don�t use navigation. GPS navigation requires huge powers by nature but it still lasts 3 times longer than many expensive navigation apps. Many Navigation apps can only last less than 2 hours for each battery charge.
Always exit Google and BlackBerry Maps (not close) after open them from LifeInPocket because they consume a lot of power.
If you exit Google Maps then it won't be running anymore. Close Google Maps will push it to background and Google Maps will keep actively scanning for GPS satellite, connect to network which probably will drain your battery in hours.
You can leave LifeInPocke running, just press power key to push it to background. The battery will last for days because LifeInPocket won't do anything that would drain battery.
