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)
I have had no problems with this app on my i465. It is by far the best I’ve tried. Just have to remember if you missed a turn to re-route so you can get on the right track. Other than that, PERFECT.
I use it on my i465 just fine. You can always try it out. If you don’t like it you can delete it. It’s free.
Cant get it. Always comes to this said to leave a comment
What do you mean?
in the website it asked if i had a certain series of phones which i dont and even though i said+NO+it told me to choose which series but gave no option for my i856
If the i856 isn’t listed, pick a similar phone;
Best is another Motorola iDEN with the same screen size: i850, i860, i870, i880
Next best would be any Motoroal iDEN which is any Moto with a name starting with an i followed by three numbers like i730
If none of those are listed pick a Motorola or Samsung with the same screen size: Motorola V3, RAZR or V600, Samsung A900 or A920
I wouldn’t ever count on this for directions to a place you don’t know where its at, it will get you lost and you’ll have to keep re-routing while driving
I’ve tested this app on 8 trips and its just not accurate, if it auto re routed itself without lag like a real gps it would be fine, but it will just keep you heading on the wrong path unless you remember to re=route
even sometimes when you hit re-route it will give you the wrong way to go but after 4 times of doing it the right one will pop through
worthless app
downloaded this a while back but I couldn’t get some of yhe features to work like traffic, weather, etc…I get an GPS error message. Any ideas on what this is about?
Thanks in advance.
In the phone menu click GPS, then Privacy and select unrestricted. GPS works best outdoors with a clear view of the sky. I find that sometimes I have to turn my phone off and back on again to get GPS working.