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)
excuse me but i have a question when i try to signup using this signup app it wont let me enter the last digit of my boost number why is that?
Your number should be exactly 10 digits long, no leading “1” and no dashes, dots or spaces, just 10 numbers.
ok i have signed up but when i try to update it says to go to java app and look for the update except its not there?
Which phone are you using?
im using an i465 clutch from boost mobile
There are 4 steps to downloading Life in Pocket.
1. Click the “Send to phone” button on this page, enter your number and press a second send to phone button
2. On the phone Open Java Apps (called Games and Apps on some phones) and choose Download Apps and then New Purchases and click GuestMidlet which will install on the phone
3. Run GuestMidlet choose Boost, enter your number and a user name and password and hit next.
4. Go back to Java Apps > Download Apps and repeat the step 2 process but this time choose LIP_056 to install the app.
Which step is failing for you; 2 or 4?
when you mean guestmidlet do you mean lipsignup because thats the only download on this page
Yes, I meant LIPsignup.
ok then i dont have any problems with any of these steps and have installed the update but when i go back to the app it says theres an update available again
After you download the update you have to install it : Then highlight Life In Pocket in the Java Apps menu, press the “Menu” key and choose “Update”. Choose to “Keep existing data” when prompted and you won’t lose your login information.
Data error 909 message… Whatever that means.
This is app is only supposed to work on Motorola i series (iDEN) phones. What phone are you using?
ok so i downloaded it. i signed up, created a user name and password, and hit the next button. after that, it said some hoopla, and i cant figure out how to use it lol. i have a i686
Everything works fine (GPS, Services etc on the i465, the only problem is that the Voice Turn by Turn is not loud, I CANNOT hear it through the Speaker, only through the earpiece. Any advice/help?
Thanks in advance.
Start at the phone Menu, choose Settings, then Volume, then Java Spkr and set it to the max.
Its giving me error message