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foxNav is here!

OK, this post is shameless advertising for Jentro's newest mobile application (Jentro is my employer, for those who didn't know). foxNav is a mobile navigation application which has just been uploaded to the Android Market for the UK and the BlackBerry App World (also for the UK and Ireland). I know most of my legions of readers are in the USA; sorry, a US version is not immediately in the cards, but could come in the future. Other European releases are planned for the near future, as is a version for Windows Mobile smartphones. You need to have one of the supported BlackBerry models (with GPS) or an Android phone (currently HTC Dream, HTC Magic, Samsung Galaxy or HTC Hero) to use it today.

So what does the application do? Here's the quote from our description in the BB App World:
foxNav turns your BlackBerry phone into an advanced GPS navigation system.
- Vehicle and Pedestrian navigation.
- Automatic up-to-date NAVTEQ map material included at no extra charge.
- Traffic avoidance and safety cam alerts included at no extra charge.
- Large Point of Interest database for local search (e.g. parking, petrol stations, restaurants).
- Clear speech announcements and spoken street names for minimal driver distraction.
- Support of 7 digit UK postcodes.
- Quick and slim download – requires just 2.5 MB on your phone.
- Intuitive menus and touch screen enabled use.
- Backed by Jentro, winner of numerous navigation, location based services and innovation awards
- More than 500,000 users trust Jentro’s navigation solutions
The fee, charged through BlackBerry App World covers unlimited navigation within Western Europe for 1 year.
How about some screenshots? Here's the main menu (in landscape mode):

And here navigating in map mode (BlackBerry, this looks cooler on Android phones):


Even if you can't use this solution yourself, help us spread the word (viral marketing). If you know someone in the UK who might be interested, tell them!
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