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Verizon Wireless Announces Availability of AAA Mobile

admin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:56:52 +0000

Downloadable GPS Application Offers AAA’s Travel Information, Navigation, Roadside Assistance in Palm of Hand

Orlando, Fla., 10/16/2007 -- Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, and AAA, North America’s foremost motoring and leisure travel organization, today announced AAA Mobile®. A tool for travelers, both AAA members and non-members, AAA Mobile enables Verizon Wireless customers to find AAA-rated points of interest and quickly access roadside assistance, right from their GPS-enabled Verizon Wireless phones.

AAA Mobile subscribers can use their Verizon Wireless phones to receive visual and audible directions to any travel destination in the U.S.; locate AAA Approved® points of interest (POIs), including Diamond Rated® hotels and restaurants; and search more than 100,000 locations that offer AAA member savings. Subscribers can review detailed AAA descriptions for POIs on their phone, receive a map showing a destination on the mobile phone screen, and bookmark locations as favorites for quick recall in future. » read more »

Vodafone Demonstrates Navigation Concept for Mobile Phones at CeBIT 2007

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:28:16 +0000

Vodafone is a already a provider of mobile telephony, high-speed surfing, navigation, photography and TV services. Now it has introduced the VPA Compact GPS and BlackBerry 8000, two genuinely innovative and compact all-round handhelds with integrated GPS receivers. They revolutionise simple navigation in unfamiliar cities.

The new VPA compact GPS is already equipped for extra-fast data transmissions at speeds of up to 3.6 Mbit/s in Vodafone's 3G broadband network. It integrates the very latest technology and is extremely easy to use, so it's the perfect product for business professionals in practically any situation. Even high volumes of data are easy to send through the fast 3G network with the new VPA, and it's also ready for high-speed 3G broadband, which delivers data transmission rates of up to 3.6 Mbit/s. The 3G broadband function is due to be made available in the second quarter of 2007 in the form of a software update.

Thanks to an integrated GPS receiver, the VPA is also a full-value mobile navigation device. It doesn't need any additional hardware such as an external GPS receiver. » read more »

Sprint Customers Now Have The Power To Use GPS To Find Apartments Right On Their Sprint Phones

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:43:54 +0000

Sprint Customers Now Have The Power To Use GPS To Find Apartments Right On Their Sprint Phones

Smarter Agent Apartments for Rent gives Sprint customers nearby apartment listings and information in the palm of their hand

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., and PHILADELPHIA â€” 02/20/2007 -- Now Sprint (NYSE: S) customers have the power to do more with the GPS technology on their wireless phones than ever before. In addition to Sprint's current lineup of GPS-enabled navigation, location and specialty applications, Sprint and Smarter Agent today launched a new tool to give customers the power to view nearby apartments for rent right on select Sprint or Nextel phones. Smarter Agent Apartments for Rent uses GPS to deliver information about the closest available apartments without requiring the customer to enter an address or ZIP code. » read more »