New! Direct Download for LifeInPocket – Turn by Turn Navigation
Updated 22-Apr-2010: Until recently, the only way to get Life in Pocket was to visit the LifeInPocket.com PC site and to register and then push the app to your Boost or Nextel phone. The PC site is Flash based and doesn’t work with mobile browsers, so users without a PC were out of luck. Now Life in Pocket has made their LIPsignup app available for direct download from a mobile friendly page at lifeinpocket.com/s.html.
The direct download doesn’t work with iDEN phones but it did make it possible for me to add to to BoostApps where Boost iDEN and Nextel USA users can send it to their phones using the Send to Phone button below.
Note that the LIPsignup app is just a small 33KB loader that lets you register for the service. When you register be sure to choose the right carrier (Boost or Nextel) and enter your mobile number correctly as 10 digits with no leading “1”. When you finish registering, exit the signup app and go to Download Apps again and you will see a new “LIP_056” download – which is the actual 736 KB Life In Pocket App.
LifeInPocket is the only free GPS aware turn by turn navigation app with voice guidance I’ve found that runs on the Motorola iDEN phones. It actually does a lot more than just navigation including free messaging with other LifeInPocket users, a friend and family locator, address book and text note synchronization, calendar, task manager, weather forecasts and a news reader.
LifeInPocket tries to do too much, in my opinion. It’s a huge app, consuming over a megabyte of precious space on the handset. Navigating the menus is confusing and the LifeInPocket website is worse. Fortunately the core navigation feature works really well, with loud, clear and timely voice prompts. There’s no reason to pay $9.95/month for BoostNavigator or Sprint Navigation when LifeInPocket does the same thing for free.
Type: Freeware
Author: Roadcomm
Data Connection Required: Yes
Supported iDEN phones: All Falcon Series with Java (i776, i465, i9, i290, etc.)
Does NOT work on Boost CDMA phones like the Incognito, Juno, Seek or Factor.
File Size: 736 KB
Downloading uses paid data. Downloads are for Java ME phones only.
To download and install click here: DOWNLOAD (jad)
Final update… I got the installer installed and that was about it. Logged into my account on the LIP website to try their download button but the only phone option that would come up was a Blackberry (tried OperaMini. UCWeb and Bolt with the same results). My conclusion is that LIP is not going to work on a Sanyo Incognito. Oh well…
If the loader gives you an option to pick an operator, try choosing Sprint.
Update:
I tried copying your JAR URL and pasting it into the uploader to get a JAD file. Worked like a charm! Got the LIP installer installed and running. Still waiting on a text message with the link to install the main program. I’ll keep you posted on the progress.
Thanks for your help!
-Adam
Having a heck of a time getting LIP onto my Sanyo Incognito. Had no prob with my i465, but this is driving me nuts.
Using your JAD link I get a 909 “Application Authentication Error”. Going to the LIP website I can click on their link to get the app from the Blackberry site but can’t direct download it. Using UCWeb to copy the link and paste it into your Universal Loader doesn’t work because the link is javascript.
Is this something where I need to get hold of a pc with internet to have the Universal Downloader create a JAD from the LIP JAR, or is there something else I should be doing? Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂
Thanks!
-Adam S.
I don’t think anyone has succeeded in getting LIP to work on the Incognito. The 909 error is probably because the JAD on this page is the original one from LIP and it’s signed with a certificate that the Incognito doesn’t support.
Something you could try is pasting the JAR url on this page into the Universal App Loader with UCWEB. The Loader will create an unsigned JAD which you then should be able to click on in UC or the phone browser. I don’t know if it will work or not and I don’t have an Incognito to test it with. If you try it let us know how it works out.
Google Maps app even the newer version despite it being a tad slower than the 1st version is still great and fast MGMaps or whatever that other app is called is so slow that I just uninstalled it. Do you have any other suggestions for a GOS solution without paying for Boost Navigator if Life In Pocket will not go?
Hello, I have LifeInPocket downloaded and installed on my I465. Everything is going fine but for some reason I can not log in on my phone. I get an error and just the basic help menu. On the website lifeinpocket.com I can log in but for some reason it thinks I am using a Blackberry. Now I downloaded using the send to phone option and on the install app on the hone I clicked on Boost Mobile. Keep in mind the app opens fine, I agree to the license agreement but on my i465 I can not log in as with the app om the phone but on the website no issues except it thinks I have a Blackberry. Yet it shows my home address fine that I set on the phone during initial setup. Any ideas?
You’re not the only one who has trouble logging in to Life In Pocket. It’s probably another sign due to their servers being overloaded. Just keep trying you’ll get in eventually though I don’t know if it’s worth the trouble.