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 so would like to download this app. Life in pocket..on the sanyo 6760 by boost.. But it will not let me says my phone to old i just got it. 2/10…. Boost needs a big up grade on there so called new phones you pay 200 for the phone it should do some cool & fun stuff havent yet found a free gps for this incognito.. Have to buy from boost!!!!???
I don’t have any experience with that phone. It’s not old though so that message that you are getting from LifeInPocket is bogus. Try asking LifeInPocket support at [email protected] for help.
Lifeinpocket can you make it for boost incognito sanyo 6760??? Please…my boyfriend has it runing on his i856..and it works
As explained in the post you have to get LifeInPocket from http://lifeinpocket.com
won’t load on my i855… says memory error. not worth taking oter stuff out for it
dl’ed this to my i465 how do I use the turn by turn voice thingy, cannot seem to find that function, which is it? and how do I use it? is it like a regular gps system?
I loaded it on my i870. I won’t be taking it off, but it’s routing is rudimentary. When it says it’s going into power savings mode, it’s still working and will talk to you when you get closer to a turn. If you take a call, everything is lost and you need to start over. It doesn’t show you where you are at. When you set it up, make sure you don’t skip the setup of the places like restaurants, etc. or you won’t be able to use them on the road. It runs fast.