Verizon's VZ Navigator to offer Traffic Avoidance (Phone Arena News)

Home
›
News and Articles
›
Verizon's VZ Navigator to offer Traffic Avoidance

Verizon's VZ Navigator to offer Traffic Avoidance

News icon

Published on: 02 April, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

Verizon's VZ Navigator to offer Traffic Avoidance

Verizon Wireless and Networks In Motion (NIM) today announced an update to their popular VZ Navigator service, coming in April. The new "version 4" will allow customers in 75 cities to access information about traffic incidents, updates, congestions and find detours around them. Routes will be calculated using both historical and real-time traffic data. The historical information will allow customers to see on average whether the vehicle movement is impacted by traffic lights, heavy traffic or school zones. VZ Navigator’s historical data covers over 750,000 miles of roads in 48 states across the nation, making travel time estimates more accurate. The incident and flow information will tell customers how traffic is flowing, and will include details about reported accidents, disabled vehicles and congestion. NIM’s Traffic Tracking Center continually monitors conditions along the customers’ routes, sending proactive alerts to drivers about conditions ahead of them on their chosen routes. Detour options allow for comparison of ETA and conditions, before selecting a new route. Traffic information is powered by NAVTEQ Traffic

In addition, VZ Navigator will offer a 3D perspective view (enhances navigation by displaying maps from angles customers would see through car windshields), a movie and events finder (for show times, critics’ ratings and other details for movies, concerts, plays, sporting events and other social events), weather reports and forecasts (current weather conditions and forecasts based on the location of the phone) , and local gas prices (location near by gas stations and prices).

advertisment:

Pricing for the new version of VZ Navigator will remain the same ($9.99/month subscription or $2.99/one day use)

Available locations:

Birmingham, Mobile, Phoenix, Tucson, Little Rock, Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco,San Jose, Colorado Springs, Denver, Hartford, Jacksonville, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Atlanta, Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, New Orleans, Portsmouth, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Lincoln, Omaha, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Albany, Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Portland, Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre, Wilmington, Providence, Greenville, Memphis, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Norfolk, Richmond, Seattle, Spokane, Washington DC, Milwaukee.

source: Verizon Wireless

Email this article to a friend

Comments icon User comments

User comments

0
1.

Michael @ 02 April, 2008 09:06:57 AM

Impressed

That's a nice set of new features. I'm glad the price stayed the same.

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to Michael Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
2.

RC @ 02 April, 2008 10:33:19 AM

good competition

Sprint added this first with their navigation software, correct? Glad to see Verizon is adding it too; hopefully, AT&T will follow suit and add traffic rerouting to their navigation service too. Competition really is good for us consumers!

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to RC Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
3.

T-Money3000 @ 02 April, 2008 04:49:33 PM

This is so exciting! I used to have to buy/subscribe to Rand McNally's Traffic from GIN to get my traffic updates! Now I can save $2.49/month!

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to T-Money3000 Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
4.

DeeMan @ 04 April, 2008 06:30:02 AM

Impressed... sorta

The Good news: They made all these enhancements without "upping" the price. The Bad news: The updated version won't be released on the Pearl ( not yet anyways ) and VZ Nav still isn't available for the OTHER VZW smartphones.

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to DeeMan Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
5.

anonymous @ 04 April, 2008 01:27:26 PM

really impressed?

I rather use the navi in my car than to use a stupid LG interface VZW phone???

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to anonymous Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
6.

T-Money3000 @ 05 April, 2008 01:55:19 PM

Just found out 2day.... may be available on Windows Mobile devices soon!!!!!!!

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to T-Money3000 Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
7.

Aleks @ 05 April, 2008 03:26:36 PM

check before you write

Verizon was the first to come out with navigation you idiot. This is just an upgrade. And the navi has its own interface, nothing like the phone interface. Oh yeh, its more precise then any tomtom or garmin that you can buy. Any other dumb comments?

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to Aleks Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
8.

Jason Blacklock @ 06 April, 2008 01:36:32 AM

Verizon ROCKS

Um, Yeah!!! Verizon has had VZ Nav for ever. I use it on my LG VX 8700 all the time. Works better than the nav on my car. lol

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to Jason Blacklock Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
9.

anonymous @ 06 April, 2008 07:30:05 AM

#7 I dont think so

"Verizon was the first to come out with navigation you idiot" ?? I don't think so. I had navigation in my cars since 1999. I don't think the VZ Navigator has been out that long.

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to anonymous Hide 0 replies to this comment

0
10.

e @ 24 April, 2008 05:03:05 PM

d

still haven't seen the update. I woner when they plan to release it?

Reply to this comment View 0 replies to this comment

Reply to e Hide 0 replies to this comment