Telmap Navigator Now Available for Palm Pre and Pre Plus in Europe

After announcing the introduction of Telmap5 together with SFR, in France, Telmap Navigator is now releasing Telmap Navigator for Palm webOS, allowing Telmap's location-based services solution to be accessed on Palm Pre and Palm Pre Plus devices.

This is the seventh platform that gets Telmap's main location-based application, after it was successfully launched on iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, BREW, Android, and Windows Mobile.

This will allow webOS users to enjoy the popular Telmap Navigator solution on two webOS devices, Palm Pre and Palm Pre Plus.

“Strategically, Telmap supports many mobile platforms in order to provide a true location experience that can be brought to a wider audience on a broad range of devices”, says Motti Kushnir, CMO of Telmap.

“We are proud to bring Telmap Navigator to European webOS users and see this as an important step in our journey towards a more connected and location-aware society.”

“Palm is pleased to support Telmap and our partner networks in offering European webOS customers Telmap's popular search, mapping and navigation solution,” said Joe Hayashi, vice president of Platform and Tools at Palm, Inc., a subsidiary of HP.

Some of the key features of Telmap Navigator for Palm webOS include:

All-in-one solution including in-car navigation, dedicated pedestrian navigation, local search and content;

Real-time turn-by-turn navigation with 3D moving maps, voice and text instructions announcing street names;

Real-time, live traffic alerts with alternative route options;

Points of Interests information such as gas stations and parking lots along the way;

Full route corridor download that's conducted at the beginning of the navigation session, enabling quick and seamless re-routing when necessary with no need to re-connect to the server.

The application will be launched on the O2 Germany network first, and it will include German local content and services such as Lonely Planet and speed enforcement zone warnings.

Telmap Navigator is expected to be available for webOS users on other networks in the near future.